Joshua 18:23

23 Avim, Parah, Ophrah,

Joshua 18:23 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 18:23

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 ^F15, in his time there was a village called Effrem, five miles from Bethel to the east, which very probably is the same with this.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 De loc. Heb. fol. 88. H.

Joshua 18:23 In-Context

21 Now the cities of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, Bethhoglah, the valley of Keziz,

22 Betharabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

23 Avim, Parah, Ophrah,

24 Chepharhaammonai, Ophni, and Gaba: twelve cities with their villages;

25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,