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Ophrah

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: O By: James P. Boyd

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(fawn). (1) Town in Benjamin (Josh. 18:23²³And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, (Joshua 18:23); 1 Sam. 13:17¹⁷And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual: (1 Samuel 13:17)). (2) Native place of Gideon (Judg. 6:11,24¹¹And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. (Judges 6:11)
²⁴Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. (Judges 6:24)). (3) Son of Meonothai (1 Chron. 4:14¹⁴And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen. (1 Chronicles 4:14)).

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