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    2 others in the registry answer to the name Ophrah. Every Ophrah in the Bible

    place · also Beth-le-aphrah

    Ophrah

    עׇפְרָה

    Ophrah was a town in Benjamin and a place in Manasseh, associated with Gideon and mentioned in a prophecy of Micah.

    Where the story of Ophrah happensWhere the gazetteer locates Ophrah, framed to them: Ophrah. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Ophrah
    Where the gazetteer locates Ophrah
    verses
    3
    first named
    Joshua 18:23
    last named
    Micah 1:10
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    31.56°N · 35.03°E
    settlement31.56°N · 35.03°E

    Khirbet et Taiyiba (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 3 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Ophrah in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    There are two places named Ophrah mentioned in the Bible:

    Ophrah of Benjamin: This Ophrah was a town located in the territory of Benjamin (Josh. 18:23). It is listed among the towns allotted to the tribe during the division of the Promised Land. No further details about this Ophrah are provided in the Bible.

    Ophrah of Manasseh: This Ophrah was a place associated with Gideon, one of the judges of Israel. It was the hometown of Gideon and the site where he built an altar to the Lord and destroyed the altar of Baal (Judg. 6:11, 24). Gideon's son, Abimelech, was born in Ophrah (Judg. 8:31). The Philistines raided Ophrah during the time of Saul (1Sam. 13:17). The prophet Micah mentions an Ophrah in his prophecy, possibly referring to this location, using the name Beth-le-aphrah (Mic. 1:10). The exact location of this Ophrah is uncertain, but it was likely situated in the region of Manasseh, west of the Jordan River.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 3, across 3 books.

    1. Joshua1 verse

      18:23

    2. 1 Samuel1 verse

      13:17

    3. Micah1 verse

      1:10

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    Where this page goes

    Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    ElsewhereJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsElsewhereEgyptAncient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and ExodusElsewhereJordanA river and region, significant in Israel's history

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