Chephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
- BSB Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.
- NKJV Chephar Haammoni, Ophni, and Gaba: twelve cities with their villages;
- NASB Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages.
- NLT Kephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve towns with their surrounding villages.
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Cross-references · 4
- Ezra 2:26The children of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
- Josh 21:17Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its suburbs, Geba with its suburbs,
- Neh 7:30The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.
- Isa 10:29They have gone over the pass. They have taken up their lodging at Geba. Ramah trembles. Gibeah of Saul has fled.
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