Joshua 18:23

Young's Literal Translation

and Avim, and Parah, and 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,

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 a lot goeth up [for] the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, for their families; and the border of their lot goeth out between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph. ¹² And the border is to them at the north side from the Jordan, and the border hath gone up unto the side of Jericho on the north, and gone up through the hill-country westward, and its outgoings have been at the wilderness of Beth-Aven; ¹³ and the border hath gone over thence to Luz, unto the side of Luz (it [is] Beth-El) southward, and the border hath gone down [to] Atroth-Addar, by the hill that [is] on the south of the lower Beth-Horon; ¹⁴ and the border hath been marked out, and hath gone round to the corner of the sea southward, from the hill which [is] at the front of Beth-Horon southward, and its outgoings have been unto Kirjath-Baal (it [is] Kirjath-Jearim), a city of the sons of Judah: this [is] the west quarter. ¹⁵ And the south quarter [is] from the end of Kirjath-Jearim, and the border hath gone out westward, and gone out unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah; ¹⁶ and the border hath come down unto the extremity of the hill which [is] on the front of the valley of the son of Hinnom, which [is] in the valley of the Rephaim northward, and hath gone down the valley of Hinnom unto the side of Jebusi southward, and gone down [to] En-Rogel, ¹⁷ and hath been marked out on the north, and gone out to En-Shemesh, and gone out unto Geliloth, which [is] over-against the ascent of Adummim, and gone down [to] the stone of Bohan son of Reuben, ¹⁸ and passed over unto the side over-against Arabah northward, and gone down to Arabah; ¹⁹ and the border hath passed over unto the side of Beth-Hoglah northward, and the outgoings of the border have been unto the north bay of the salt sea, unto the south extremity of the Jordan; this [is] the south border; ²⁰ and the Jordan doth border it at the east quarter; this [is] the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, by its borders round about, for 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, I pray thee, a little water be accepted, and wash your feet, and recline under the tree;

Genesis 18:5
and I bring a piece of bread, and support ye your heart; afterwards pass on, for therefore have ye passed over unto your servant;' and they say, `So mayest thou do as thou has spoken.'

Genesis 18:6
And Abraham hasteth towards the tent, unto Sarah, and saith, `Hasten three measures of flour-meal, knead, and make cakes;'

Genesis 18:7
and Abraham ran unto the herd, and taketh a son of the herd, tender and good, and giveth unto the young man, and he hasteth to prepare it;

Genesis 18:25
Far be it from Thee to do according to this thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked; that it hath been -- as the righteous so the wicked -- far be it from Thee; doth the Judge of all the earth not do justice?'

Genesis 20:4
And Abimelech hath not drawn near unto her, and he saith, `Lord, also a righteous nation dost thou slay?

2 Samuel 24:17
And David speaketh unto Jehovah, when he seeth the messenger who is smiting among the people, and saith, `Lo, I have sinned, yea, I have done perversely; and these -- the flock -- what have they done? Let, I pray Thee, Thy hand be on me, and on the house of my father.'

Job 8:3
Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?

Job 34:17
Yea, doth one hating justice govern? Or the Most Just dost thou condemn?

Psalms 73:28
And I -- nearness of God to me [is] good, I have placed in the Lord Jehovah my refuge, To recount 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.