Joshua 18:24 BSB — MannaFest

Joshua 18:24

Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.

BSB

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ASV

and Chephar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:

KJV

And Chephar–haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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", 1Sa 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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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּכְפַ֧ר	u.khe.Far	and Kephar	H3723 →
הָֽעַמֹּנָ֛ה	ha.'a.mo.ni	<the> Ammonah	H3726 →
וְהָֽעָפְנִ֖י	ve.ha.'a.fe.Ni	and <the> Ophni	H6078 →
וָגָ֑בַע	va.Ga.va'	and Geba	H1387 →
עָרִ֥ים	'a.Rim	cities	H5892 →
שְׁתֵּים־	she.teim-	two [plus]	H8147 →
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה	'es.Reh	ten	H6240 →
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃	ve.chatz.rei.Hen	and villages their	H2691 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Joshua 21:17
And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,
leads to
- Joshua 18:24–25
  Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Joshua 9:3
  But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
- 1 Chronicles 6:60
  And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.
Through
Isaiah 10:29
They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 13:23
  And a garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Michmash.
- 1 Samuel 7:17
  Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 11:4
  When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.
- Joshua 21:17
  And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,
- Jeremiah 31:15
  This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

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