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Joshua 18:24
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Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, with their settlements;
and Khefar-Ha`ammoni, and `Ofni, and Geva; twelve cities with their villages:
And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities and their villages.
Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, Geba—twelve cities with their villages:
Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba. There were twelve towns and all their villages.
Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—a total of twelve cities and their towns.
and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve cities with their villages;
Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.
And Chephar, Ammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba: twelue cities with their villages.
and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.
K'far-Ha‘amonah, ‘Ofni and Geva — twelve cities, together with their villages.
and Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Geba: twelve cities and their hamlets;
Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba. There were twelve cities and the fields around them.
Chephar-aomka, Ophli, and Gaba; fourteen cities with their villages;
Chepharammoni, Ophni, and Geba: twelve cities, along with the towns around them.
and Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni and Gaba; twelve cities and their villages;
Caphar Amonai, Aphni, Gaba: these are twolue cities and their vyllages.
and Chephar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:
And Chephar-Ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve towns with their unwalled places;
Haamonai, Ophni, & Gaba, twelue cities with their villages.
and Chephar-ammonah, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:
And Chephar-Haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba, twelue cities with their villages.
and Carapha, and Cephira, and Moni, and Gabaa, twelve cities and their villages:
and Chephar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:
Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba-twelve cities, along with their villages.
and Offira, the toun of Hesmona, and Offym, and Gabee, twelue citees, and `the townes of tho;
and Chephar-Haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities and their villages.
and Chephar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:
And Chephar-haamonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
and Chephar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:
Chephar Haammoni, Ophni, and Gaba: twelve cities with their villages;
Kephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve towns with their surrounding villages.
Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve towns with their villages:
and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni, and Geba, - twelve cities, with their villages:
The town Emona and Ophni and Gabee: twelve cities, and their villages.
Che'phar-am'moni, Ophni, Geba--twelve cities with their villages:
and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Ophni: Probably the same as Gophna (ע being often pronounced as G); which, according to Josephus, was about fifteen miles from Jerusalem, towards Shechem, says Eusebius (Onom. in צבסבדמ גןפסןץע.)
Gaba: Gaba or Geba, according to Josephus, was not far from Rama, forty stadia from Jerusalem, and, according to Eusebius, five miles from Gophna, towards Shechem. Joshua 21:17, Ezra 2:26, Nehemiah 7:30
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 13:3 - Geba 1 Kings 15:22 - Geba 1 Chronicles 6:60 - Geba 2 Chronicles 16:6 - Geba Nehemiah 11:31 - from Geba Isaiah 10:29 - Ramah
Cross-References
Then the Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘How can I give birth to a child when I am so old?'
Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son."
Then Abraham said, "O may the Lord not be angry. And I may speak once more. What if ten are found there?" The Lord said, "I will not destroy it because of the ten."
If the Lord of All had not left some people, we would have all been destroyed like those who lived in the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
"Go up and down through the streets of Jerusalem, and look and learn. Look in her open places to see if you can find just one man who does what is right and looks for the truth. Then I will forgive this city.
and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand in front of Caesar. God has given you the lives of all the men on this ship.'
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni,.... Of the two first of these no mention is made elsewhere;
and Gaba is the same with Gibeah, a well known place, because of the foul fact committed there, which had like to have been the ruin of this tribe, Judges 19:14; and for being the native place of King Saul, hence called "Gibeah of Saul", 1 Samuel 11:4; it was about six or seven miles from Jerusalem, 1 Samuel 11:4- :; twelve cities with their villages; which agrees with the account of them.
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.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Joshua 18:24. And Gaba — Supposed to be the same as Gibeah of Saul, a place famous for having given birth to the first king of Israel; and infamous for the shocking act towards the Levite's wife, mentioned Judges 19:16-30, which was the cause of a war in which the tribe of Benjamin was nearly exterminated. Judges 20:29-48.
