Joshua 18:23

23 and Aeein, and Phara, and Ephratha,

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 And the cities of the children of Benjamin according to their families Jericho, and Bethagaeo, and the Amecasis,

22 and Baethabara, and Sara, and Besana,

23 and Aeein, and Phara, and Ephratha,

24 and Carapha, and Cephira, and Moni, and Gabaa, twelve cities and their villages:

25 Gabaon, and Rama, and Beerotha;