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Brenton's Septuagint
Joshua 18:23
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Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
and `Avvim, and Parah, and Ofrat,
And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah,
Avvim, Parah, and Ophrah,
And Auim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah,
‘Avim, Parah, ‘Ofrah,
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
Avin, Parah, Ophrah,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
and Avvites, and Parah, and Ophrah,
Auim, Haphar, Aphra,
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
And Avvim and Parah and Ophrah
Auim, Parah, and Ophrah,
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah;
And Auim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah;
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
and Bethel, and Anym, and Affara,
and Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
Avim, Parah, Ophrah,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah,
And Avim and Aphara and Ophera,
Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Ophrah: Situated, according to Eusebius, five miles east of Bethel. 1 Samuel 13:17
Reciprocal: Judges 6:11 - an angel Micah 1:10 - Aphrah
Cross-References
Let water now be brought, and let them wash your feet, and do ye refresh yourselves under the tree.
And I will bring bread, and ye shall eat, and after this ye shall depart on your journey, on account of which refreshment ye have turned aside to your servant. And he said, So do, as thou hast said.
And Abraam hasted to the tent to Sarrha, and said to her, Hasten, and knead three measures of fine flour, and make cakes.
And Abraam ran to the kine, and took a young calf, tender and good, and gave it to his servant, and he hasted to dress it.
By no means shalt thou do as this thing is so as to destroy the righteous with the wicked, so the righteous shall be as the wicked: by no means. Thou that judgest the whole earth, shalt thou not do right?
But Abimelech had not touched her, and he said, Lord, wilt thou destroy an ignorantly sinning and just nation?
And David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel smiting the people, and he said, Behold, it is I that have done wrong, but these sheep what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be upon me, and upon my father’s house.
Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; or will he that has made all things pervert justice?
Behold then the one that hates iniquities, and that destroys the wicked, who is for ever just.
But it is good for me to cleave close to God, to put my trust in the Lord; that I may proclaim all thy praises in the gates of the daughter of Sion.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 o, in his time there was a village called Effrem, five miles from Bethel to the east, which very probably is the same with this.
o De loc. Heb. fol. 88. H.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See the marginal references. There are many indications found in this and the next chapter that the text is in great disorder, and many of the places are still unknown.
Joshua 18:14
And compassed the corner ... - Render “and turned on the west side southward.” The meaning is, that at lower Beth-horon the northern boundary-line of Benjamin curved round and ran southward - Beth-horon being its extreme westerly point.
Joshua 18:21
The “Valley of Keziz,” or “Emek-Keziz,” is perhaps the “Wady el Kaziz,” at no great distance east of Jerusalem.
Joshua 18:22
Zemaraim, i. e. “two wooded hills,” is supposed to be the ruins called “Es-Sumrah,” on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho.
Joshua 18:23
Ophrah (Joshua 15:9 note), to be distinguished here and in 1 Samuel 13:17 from the Ophrah of Judges 6:11, is probably the Ephrain of 2 Chronicles 13:19, and the Ephraim of John 11:54. It is conjecturally identified with “Et-Taiyibeh,” on the road from Jerusalem to Bethel.
Joshua 18:24
Gaba - This name, like Gibeah, Gibeon, etc. Joshua 9:3, indicates a town placed on a hill, and occurs repeatedly in various forms in the topography of Palestine. Gaba is the Gibeah (if 1 Samuel 13:15-16; 1 Samuel 14:5, where the Hebrew has גבע Geba‛, which is undoubtedly the correct reading throughout. The city was one of those assigned to the Levites Joshua 21:17, and lay on the northern border of Judah. It is identified with the modern “Jeba,” lying on the side of a deep ravine opposite to Michmash (“Mukhmas”). The famous “Gibeah of Saul,” or “Giheah of Benjamin” (the Gibeath of Joshua 18:28) lay at no great distance southwest of Geba, on the high road from Jerusalem to Bethel, and is probably to be looked for in the lofty and isolated “Tulcil-el-Ful.”
Joshua 18:25
Ramah - i. e. “lofty;” probably the native town and abode of Samuel 1Sa 1:19; 1 Samuel 25:1. Its exact site is uncertain.
Joshua 18:26
Mizpeh - See Joshua 11:3. Not the Mizpeh of Joshua 15:38, but the place where Samuel judged the people and called them together for the election of a king 1 Samuel 7:5-16; 1 Samuel 10:17. In the Chaldaean times it was the residence of Gedaliah 2 Kings 25:22; Jeremiah 40:14. Its site is identified with “Neby Samwil,” about five miles northwest of Jerusalem.
