Ophrah (Judges 6)
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Other places named Ophrah: Ophrah (Joshua 18).
| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Most likely | Afula (medium confidence) |
| Coordinates | 32.606° N, 35.290° E |
| Mentioned in | 5 verses |
| First mention | Judges 6:11 |
Ophrah (Judges 6) is a settlement named in 5 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Afula (medium confidence; 6 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Afula | medium (51%) | 32.606° N, 35.290° E |
| Khirbet Taiyibeh | low (16%) | 32.517° N, 35.179° E |
| Ramat Rahel | very low (3%) | 31.740° N, 35.217° E |
| Et Taiyibeh | very low (3%) | 32.604° N, 35.447° E |
| Silat ad Dhahr | very low (0%) | 32.319° N, 35.185° E |
| Farata | very low (-2%) | 32.191° N, 35.166° E |
| Tell el Farah | very low (-2%) | 32.287° N, 35.338° E |
Verses
Judges
- Judges 6:11And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi–ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
- Judges 6:24Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah–shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Judges 8:27And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.From all this Gideon made an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his hometown. But soon all Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
- Judges 8:32And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi–ezrites.Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Judges 9:5And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.