Joshua 18:23

King James Version

And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

Hebrew Names Version
and `Avvim, and Parah, and Ofrat,

Lexham English Bible
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

English Standard Version
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

New Century Version
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

New English Translation
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

Amplified Bible
and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah,

New American Standard Bible
Avvim, Parah, and Ophrah,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Auim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

Legacy Standard Bible
and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah,

Complete Jewish Bible
‘Avim, Parah, ‘Ofrah,

Darby Translation
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

Easy-to-Read Version
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

George Lamsa Translation
Avin, Parah, Ophrah,

Good News Translation
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

Literal Translation
and Avvites, and Parah, and Ophrah,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Auim, Haphar, Aphra,

American Standard Version
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

Bible in Basic English
And Avvim and Parah and Ophrah

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Auim, Parah, and Ophrah,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah;

King James Version (1611)
And Auim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and Æein, and Phara, and Ephratha,

English Revised Version
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah;

Berean Standard Bible
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Bethel, and Anym, and Affara,

Young's Literal Translation
and Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

Update Bible Version
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

Webster's Bible Translation
And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

World English Bible
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

New King James Version
Avim, Parah, Ophrah,

New Living Translation
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

New Life Bible
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

New Revised Standard
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Avim and Aphara and Ophera,

Revised Standard Version
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah,

Contextual Overview

¹¹ And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. ¹² And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven. ¹³ And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron. ¹⁴ And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter. ¹⁵ And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah: ¹⁶ And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel, ¹⁷ And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, ¹⁸ And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah: ¹⁹ And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast. ²⁰ And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ophrah: Situated, according to Eusebius, five miles east of Bethel. 1 Samuel 13:17

Reciprocal: Judges 6:11 - an angel Micah 1:10 - Aphrah

Cross-References

Genesis 18:4
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

Genesis 18:5
And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

Genesis 18:6
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

Genesis 18:7
And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

Genesis 18:25
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Genesis 20:4
But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord , wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?

2 Samuel 24:17
And David spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.

Job 8:3
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

Job 34:17
Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

Psalms 73:28
But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord God , that I may declare all thy works.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Avim, and Parah,.... Of the two first of these we read nowhere else;

and Ophrah is not the same with Ophrah in Judges 6:11; that belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, but rather that which was in the land of Shuah, 1 Samuel 13:17. Jerom calls this place Aphrah, in the tribe of Benjamin, and says o, in his time there was a village called Effrem, five miles from Bethel to the east, which very probably is the same with this.

o De loc. Heb. fol. 88. H.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the marginal references. There are many indications found in this and the next chapter that the text is in great disorder, and many of the places are still unknown.

Joshua 18:14

And compassed the corner ... - Render “and turned on the west side southward.” The meaning is, that at lower Beth-horon the northern boundary-line of Benjamin curved round and ran southward - Beth-horon being its extreme westerly point.

Joshua 18:21

The “Valley of Keziz,” or “Emek-Keziz,” is perhaps the “Wady el Kaziz,” at no great distance east of Jerusalem.

Joshua 18:22

Zemaraim, i. e. “two wooded hills,” is supposed to be the ruins called “Es-Sumrah,” on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho.

Joshua 18:23

Ophrah (Joshua 15:9 note), to be distinguished here and in 1 Samuel 13:17 from the Ophrah of Judges 6:11, is probably the Ephrain of 2 Chronicles 13:19, and the Ephraim of John 11:54. It is conjecturally identified with “Et-Taiyibeh,” on the road from Jerusalem to Bethel.

Joshua 18:24

Gaba - This name, like Gibeah, Gibeon, etc. Joshua 9:3, indicates a town placed on a hill, and occurs repeatedly in various forms in the topography of Palestine. Gaba is the Gibeah (if 1 Samuel 13:15-16; 1 Samuel 14:5, where the Hebrew has גבע Geba‛, which is undoubtedly the correct reading throughout. The city was one of those assigned to the Levites Joshua 21:17, and lay on the northern border of Judah. It is identified with the modern “Jeba,” lying on the side of a deep ravine opposite to Michmash (“Mukhmas”). The famous “Gibeah of Saul,” or “Giheah of Benjamin” (the Gibeath of Joshua 18:28) lay at no great distance southwest of Geba, on the high road from Jerusalem to Bethel, and is probably to be looked for in the lofty and isolated “Tulcil-el-Ful.”

Joshua 18:25

Ramah - i. e. “lofty;” probably the native town and abode of Samuel 1Sa 1:19; 1 Samuel 25:1. Its exact site is uncertain.

Joshua 18:26

Mizpeh - See Joshua 11:3. Not the Mizpeh of Joshua 15:38, but the place where Samuel judged the people and called them together for the election of a king 1 Samuel 7:5-16; 1 Samuel 10:17. In the Chaldaean times it was the residence of Gedaliah 2 Kings 25:22; Jeremiah 40:14. Its site is identified with “Neby Samwil,” about five miles northwest of Jerusalem.