Joshua 18:23

Revised Standard Version

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,

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,

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

Contextual Overview

¹¹ The lot of the tribe of Benjamin according to its families came up, and the territory allotted to it fell between the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Joseph. ¹² On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan; then the boundary goes up to the shoulder north of Jericho, then up through the hill country westward; and it ends at the wilderness of Beth-a'ven. ¹³ From there the boundary passes along southward in the direction of Luz, to the shoulder of Luz (the same is Bethel), then the boundary goes down to At'aroth-ad'dar, upon the mountain that lies south of Lower Beth-hor'on. ¹⁴ Then the boundary goes in another direction, turning on the western side southward from the mountain that lies to the south, opposite Beth-hor'on, and it ends at Kir'iath-ba'al (that is, Kir'iath-je'arim), a city belonging to the tribe of Judah. This forms the western side. ¹⁵ And the southern side begins at the outskirts of Kir'iath-je'arim; and the boundary goes from there to Ephron, to the spring of the Waters of Nephto'ah; ¹⁶ then the boundary goes down to the border of the mountain that overlooks the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is at the north end of the valley of Reph'aim; and it then goes down the valley of Hinnom, south of the shoulder of the Jeb'usites, and downward to En-rogel; ¹⁷ then it bends in a northerly direction going on to En-she'mesh, and thence goes to Geli'loth, which is opposite the ascent of Adum'mim; then it goes down to the Stone of Bohan the son of Reuben; ¹⁸ and passing on to the north of the shoulder of Beth-arabah it goes down to the Arabah; ¹⁹ then the boundary passes on to the north of the shoulder of Beth-hoglah; and the boundary ends at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this is the southern border. ²⁰ The Jordan forms its boundary on the eastern side. This is the inheritance of the tribe of Benjamin, according to its families, boundary by boundary round about.

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, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree,

Genesis 18:5
while I fetch a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on--since you have come to your servant." So they said, "Do as you have said."

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

Genesis 18:7
And Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant, who hastened to prepare it.

Genesis 18:25
Far be it from thee to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from thee! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?"

Genesis 20:4
Now Abim'elech had not approached her; so he said, "Lord, wilt thou slay an innocent people?

2 Samuel 24:17
Then David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who was smiting the people, and said, "Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me and against my father's house."

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

Job 34:17
Shall one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,

Psalms 73:28
But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of 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.