Joshua 18:23

The NET Bible®

Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

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

King James Version
And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah,

Lexham English Bible
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

English Standard Version
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

New Century Version
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 The first lot belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. Their allotted territory was between Judah and Joseph. ¹² Their northern border started at the Jordan, went up to the slope of Jericho on the north, ascended westward to the hill country, and extended to the desert of Beth Aven. ¹³ It then crossed from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz to the south (that is, Bethel), and descended to Ataroth Addar located on the hill that is south of lower Beth Horon. ¹⁴ It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe of Judah. This is the western border. ¹⁵ The southern side started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and extended westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. ¹⁶ The border then descended to the edge of the hill country near the Valley of Ben Hinnom located in the Valley of the Rephaites to the north. It descended through the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites to the south and then down to En Rogel. ¹⁷ It went northward, extending to En Shemesh and Geliloth opposite the Pass of Adummim, and descended to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. ¹⁸ It crossed to the slope in front of the Arabah to the north and descended into the Arabah. ¹⁹ It then crossed to the slope of Beth Hoglah to the north and ended at the northern tip of the Salt Sea at the mouth of the Jordan River. This was the southern border. ²⁰ The Jordan River borders it on the east. These were the borders of the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans.

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 be brought so that you may all wash your feet and rest under the tree.

Genesis 18:5
And let me get a bit of food so that you may refresh yourselves since you have passed by your servant's home. After that you may be on your way." "All right," they replied, "you may do as you say."

Genesis 18:6
So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, "Quick! Take three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread."

Genesis 18:7
Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it.

Genesis 18:25
Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?"

Genesis 20:4
Now Abimelech had not gone near her. He said, "Lord, would you really slaughter an innocent nation?

2 Samuel 24:17
When he saw the angel who was destroying the people, David said to the Lord , "Look, it is I who have sinned and done this evil thing! As for these sheep—what have they done? Attack me and my family."

Job 8:3
Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?

Job 34:17
Do you really think that one who hates justice can govern? And will you declare guilty the supremely righteous One,

Psalms 73:28
But as for me, God's presence is all I need. I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter, as I declare all the things you have done.

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.