And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
Benjamin lay between Judah and Joseph by God's wise ordering: little Benjamin needed Joseph's strength nearby, yet the Lord Himself covered him all the day long. This position later bound Benjamin to Judah in loyalty to David's throne and Jerusalem's temple, as Providence had appointed.
AI summary
Commenting on Joshua 18:11-28
And Avim, and Parah,.... Of the two first of these we read nowhere else: and Ophrah is not the same with Ophrah in Jdg 6:11; that belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, but rather that which was in the land of Shuah, Sa1 13:17.
Benjamin's towns fall into two distinct groups. The first twelve lie in the eastern portion of the territory: Jericho, the present Riha; Beth-hoglah at Ain Hajla; and Emek-keziz, whose name survives in Wady el Kaziz on the Jerusalem-Jericho road, southeast of the Apostle's Well.
AI summary
Commenting on Joshua 18:21-28