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Chephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.
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Verse 24. Ophni, the Gophna so celebrated in latter times, fifteen miles from Gabaa. S. Jerom attributes it to Ephraim, as perhaps it was chiefly inhabited by people of that tribe.—Gabee. The wickedness of its citizens almost involved the whole tribe in destruction. Judges 19. It was twenty mile north of Jerusalem. Joseph. verse 2.
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