Chephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.
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Chephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.
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And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
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and Chephar-ammonah, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:
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Passages linked to Joshua 18:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezra 2:26 The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
- Joshua 21:17 Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
- Nehemiah 7:30 The men of Ramah and Geba: six hundred twenty-one.
- Isaiah 10:29 They have gone over the pass. They have taken up their lodging at Geba. Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul has fled.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni,.... Of the two first of…
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, Jdg 19:14; and for being the native place of King Saul, hence called "Gibeah of Saul", Sa1 11:4; it was about six or seven miles from Jerusalem; see Gill on Hos 5:8; twelve cities with their villages; which agrees with the account of them.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 24. And Gaba] Supposed to be the same…
Verse 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 Jdg 19:16-30, which was the cause of a war in which the tribe of Benjamin was nearly exterminated. Jdg 20:29-48.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Ophni, the Gophna so celebrated in latter times, fifteen…
Ophni, the Gophna so celebrated in latter times, fifteen miles from Gabaa. St. Jerome attributes it to Ephraim, as perhaps it was chiefly inhabited by people of that tribe. --- Gabee. The wickedness of its citizens almost involved the whole tribe in destruction, Judges xix. It was twenty mile north of Jerusalem. (Josephus, [Antiquities?] v. 2.)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 24. Ophni is doubtless the Gophna of Josephus, (Wars,…
24. Ophni is doubtless the Gophna of Josephus, (Wars, Jos_3:3; Jos_3:5,) and is represented in the modern Jifna, three miles northwest of Beth-el. [Gaba, better spelled Geba, is not to be confounded with Gibeah of Jos_18:28, (as the English version and some interpreters do at 1Sa_13:16, where see note.) It still exists under the scarcely altered name Jeba, on the top of a steep hill between the Wadies Suweinit and Farah, about six miles southeast by south from Beth-el. This height was held by a Philistine garrison in the time of Saul, (1Sa_13:3,) but was taken from them by the daring feat of Jonathan. At a later period it was fortified by Asa, (1Ki_15:22,) and was inhabited again after the captivity. Ezr_2:26.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 24. 10. Chephar-haammonai] is quite unknown, so also is…
24. 10. Chephar-haammonai] is quite unknown, so also is ii. Ophni; 12. Gaba, or Geba = “height,” “hill,” not the Geba or Gibeah of Saul, is mentioned in 2Ki_23:8; Zec_14:10.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Ophrah. Not the Ophrah of Gideon, who (Jud_1:6:11 8:2,…
Ophrah. Not the Ophrah of Gideon, who (Jud_1:6:11 8:2, 32) was a Manassite. Gaba. Some (as Knobel) think this the same as Gibeah of Saul. But see below, ver. 28. Also Isa_10:29. Gibeah and Gaba, however, must have been near together, for Ramah is near both of them. (see Ezr_2:26)
Ramah. Now er-Ram. This would seem, from Jer_31:15, and from a comparison of Jer_1:1 Jer_40:1, to have been the Ramah of later history, famous as the dwelling place of Samuel. (1Sa_1:1, etc., for Mount Ephraim is applied to territory in Benjamin. Jud_1:4:5 2Sa_20:1, 2Sa_20:21) It was near Gibeah, (Jud_1:19:13 Isa_10:29) and not far from Bethel. (Cf. Jud_1:4:5) It was rebuilt by Baasha. (1Ki_15:17, 1Ki_15:21) Mizpeh. This is the Mizpeh, or Mizpah, of Benjamin, whither the tribes were wont to gather together, and where the tabernacle appears to have been removed. (see Jud_1:20:1, 3 21:1-8) If, as Lieut. Conder supposes, Nob and Mizpeh were identical, and were near Jerusalem, this would explain the presence of the tribes within the border of Benjamin on this occasion. They were near the border; and the Benjamites had retired to their mountain fastnesses. This seems almost implied in Jud_1:20:3. Similar gatherings are recorded in the Book of Samuel. (1Sa_7:5-7, 1Sa_7:11, 1Sa_7:12, 16 10:17) Mizpeh was the seat of Gedaliah"s administration, and of the tragedy of his assassination. (2Ki_25:23-25 Jer_40:10-13 Jos 41)
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