Joshua 18 · Verse 24

Joshua 18:24

And Chephar–haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
Joshua 18:24, King James Version

Joshua 18:24 in other translations

BSBChephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.
WEBChephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.
ASVand Chephar-ammoni, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:
YLTand Chephar-Haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities and their villages.
DARBYand Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Geba: twelve cities and their hamlets;
BBEAnd Chephar-Ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve towns with their unwalled places;
WebsterAnd Chephar-haamonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:

What does Joshua 18:24 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
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. Judges 20:29-48.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 18:11-28

The boundaries of each portion were distinctly drawn, and the inheritance of each tribe settled. All contests and selfish claims were prevented by the wise appointment of God, who allotted the hill and the valley, the corn and pasture, the brooks and rivers, the towns and cities. Is the lot of any servant of Christ cast in affliction and sorrow? It is the Lord; let him do what seemeth him good. Are we in prosperity…

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Joshua 18:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּכְפַ֧רu.khe.Farand KepharH3723
הָֽעַמֹּנָ֛הha.'a.mo.ni<the> AmmonahH3726
וְהָֽעָפְנִ֖יve.ha.'a.fe.Niand <the> OphniH6078
וָגָ֑בַעva.Ga.va'and GebaH1387
עָרִ֥ים'a.RimcitiesH5892
שְׁתֵּים\־she.teim-two [plus]H8147
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה'es.RehtenH6240
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן\׃ve.chatz.rei.Henand villages theirH2691

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Joshua 18:24

  • Ezra 2:26

    The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one.

  • Nehemiah 7:30

    The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one.

  • Isaiah 10:29

    They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled.

  • Joshua 21:17

    And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ophni.Probably the same as Gophna (['Ayin] being often pronounced as G); which, according to Josephus, was about fifteen miles from Jerusalem, towards Shechem, says Eusebius, (Onom. in [pharaux botrous.])
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.
21:17; Ezr 2:26; Ne 7:30

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Joshua 18:23

    And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,

  • Joshua 18:24

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

  • Joshua 18:25

    Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

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Joshua 18:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Cephar-hammonai, Ophni, y Gaba; doce ciudades con sus aldeas:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et Kephar-Ammonaï, et Ophni, et Guéba: douze villes et leurs hameaux;
German
Elberfelder 1871		und Kephar-Ammoni und Ophni und Geba: Zwölf Städte und ihre Dörfer;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		villa Emona et Ophni et Gabee: civitates duodecim, et villæ earum.