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(ahf' ni) Name meaning, “high place.” Town allotted to Benjamin (Joshua 18:24 ). Ophni was likely in the vicinity of Geba and is perhaps Jifna, three miles northwest of Bethel near the intersection of the Jerusalem-Shechem road and the road leading from the Plain of Sharon to Bethel.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Ophni'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/o/ophni.html. 1991.

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