Joshua 18:23

23 Avim et Affara et Ofra

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.


FOOTNOTES:

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

Joshua 18:23 In-Context

21 fueruntque civitates eius Hiericho et Bethagla et vallis Casis
22 Betharaba et Semaraim et Bethel
23 Avim et Affara et Ofra
24 villa Emona et Ofni et Gabee civitates duodecim et villae earum
25 Gabaon et Rama et Beroth
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