Difference between revisions of "Ophrah"

<p> '''Ophrah''' (''ŏf'rah'' ), ''female fawn.'' 1. [[A]] town in Benjamin toward which an invading company of [[Philistines]] went. &nbsp;Joshua 18:23; &nbsp;1 Samuel 13:17. Some suppose it is identical with [[Ephrain]] or Ephron, &nbsp;2 Chronicles 13:19, and with the city of Ephraim, to which our Lord retired after raising Lazarus. &nbsp;John 11:54 [[Eusebius]] and Jerome located it about five Roman miles east of Bethel. 2. Ophrah of the Abi-ezerite. &nbsp;Judges 6:11; &nbsp;Judges 6:24. This was the place where [[Gideon]] saw the angel, erected an altar, and where he was buried. &nbsp;Judges 8:27; &nbsp;Judges 8:32. Here [[Abimelech]] slew 70 of his kindred, and the town appears to have been near Shechem, in the territory of Manasseh. &nbsp;Judges 9:1; &nbsp;Judges 9:5-6; &nbsp;Judges 9:15. The [[Palestine]] Memoirs suggest as its site the village of Ferata, near Shechem. </p>