And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
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Gill's Exposition
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…
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. Jos 18:14 And compassed the…
Adam Clarke
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…
We have here the lot of the tribe of Benjamin, which Providence cast next to Joseph on the one hand, because Benjamin was own and only brother to Joseph, and was little Benjamin (Psa 68:27), that…
The Cities of Benjamin
21. Now the cities The cities here enumerated fall into two groups, (a) the firstof twelvelying on the east, (b) the secondof fourteenlying on the west.
1. Jericho see note…