Joshua 18:24

_AND CHEPHAR-HAAM'MONAI, AND OPHNI, AND GABA; TWELVE CITIES WITH THEIR VILLAGES:_ Chephar-haammonai - i:e., hamlet of the Ammonites [Septuagint, Karafa, Kefima, Moni] - not ascertained. OPHNI, х_ WªHAA-`AAPªNIY_ (H6078)] - the Ophnite. The Septuagint omits. GABA, [Septuagint, Gabaa] - the same as Geba. TWELVE CITIES WITH THEIR VILLAGES. This group of cities lay in the north and northeastern parts of the allotment of Benjamin....

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 and peace? It is from above. Be humbled when you compare the gift with your own unworthiness. Forget not Him that gave the good, and always be ready to resign it at his command....

Verse Joshua 18:24. _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 Judges 19:16-7, which was the cause of a war in which the tribe of Benjamin was nearly exterminated. Judges 20:29-7....

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. Joshua 18:14 AND COMPASSED THE CORNER ... - Render “and turned on the west side southward.” The meaning is, that at lower Beth-horon the northern boundary-line of Benjamin curved round and ran southward - Beth-horon being its extreme westerly point. Joshua 18:21 The “Valley of Keziz,” or “Emek-Keziz,” is perhaps the “Wady el Kaziz,” at no great distance east of Jerusalem. Joshua 18:22 Zemaraim, i. e.

EXPOSITION THE CONTINUED DIVISION OF THE LAND.— JOSHUA 18:1 CONGREGATION. The word signifies a body of persons gathered together at a spot before indicated. The LXX. renders by συναγωγή. The idea is evidently that of an assembly gathered together for some specific acts of worship. This passage teaches the duty of a national recognition of religion. Whatever evils there might be in Israel at that time, the absence of a general and formal acknowledgment of God was not one of them. When that public acknowledgment of Him ceased, the downfall of the nation was at hand. It was the absence of such acknowledgment that was the ruin of Israel, while the hypocritical and purely external recognition of God by Judah was equally o

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, Judges 19:14; and for being the native place of King Saul, hence called "Gibeah of Saul", 1 Samuel 11:4; it was about six or seven miles from Jerusalem, Hosea 5:8; twelve cities with their villages; which agrees with the account of them....

6. THE PORTION OF THE REST OF THE TRIBES CHAPTER 18 _ 1. The tabernacle at Shiloh (Joshua 18:1)_ 2. The remaining seven tribes (Joshua 18:2) 3. The lot of Benjamin (Joshua 18:11) The tabernacle of the congregation is now set up at Shiloh. Shiloh means “peace,” “security.” The land was then subdued before them. Shiloh is now the center. From there the operations proceed. Seven times after this Shiloh is mentioned in the book of Joshua: Joshua 18:8; Joshua 19:51;...

The Cities of Benjamin 21. _Now the cities_ The cities here enumerated fall into two groups, (_a) the first_of _twelve_lying on the _east_, (_b) the second_of _fourteen_lying on the _west_. 1. _Jericho_ see note above, Joshua 2:1. 2. _Beth-hoglah_, see note above, Joshua 15:6. 3. _The valley of Keziz_, this is not exactly known....

_VER._ 24. _CHEPHAR-HAAMMONAI_— _The village of Haamonai._ Hiller. Onomast. p. 13....

18:24 Chephar-haammonai, (b-2) i.e. 'Village of the Ammonites.'...