Josué 18:23

23 Avvim, Para, Ophra,

Josué 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.


FOOTNOTES:

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

Josué 18:23 In-Context

21 Or, les villes de la tribu des enfants de Benjamin, selon leurs familles, étaient: Jérico, Beth-Hogla, Émek-Ketsits,
22 Beth-Araba, Tsémaraïm, Béthel,
23 Avvim, Para, Ophra,
24 Képhar-Ammonaï, Ophni et Guéba: douze villes, et leurs villages;
25 Gabaon, Rama, Béeroth,
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.