Jozua 18:23

23 En Haavvim, en Para, en Ofra,

Jozua 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.

Jozua 18:23 In-Context

21 De steden nu van den stam der kinderen van Benjamin, naar hun huisgezinnen, zijn: Jericho, en Beth-hogla, en Emek-Keziz,

22 En Beth-araba, en Zemaraim, en Beth-El,

23 En Haavvim, en Para, en Ofra,

24 Chefar-haammonai, en Ofni, en Gaba; twaalf steden en haar dorpen.

25 Gibeon, en Rama, en Beeroth,