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Parah

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Easton's 1897Smith's 1863ISBE 19151 verse reference

Easton's 1897

The heifer, a town in Benjamin (Josh. 18:23), supposed to be identical with the ruins called Far’ah, about 6 miles north-east of Jerusalem, in the Wady Far’ah, which is a branch of the Wady Kelt.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

Smith's 1863

(heifer-town) one of the cities in the territory allotted to Benjamin, named only in the lists of the conquest. (Joshua 18:23)

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · public domain

ISBE 1915

pa'-ra, par'-a (ha-parah; Codex Vaticanus Phara; Codex Alexandrinus Aphar): A city named as in the territory of Benjamin between Avvim and Ophrah (Jos 18:23). It may with some confidence be identified with Farah on Wady Farah, which runs into Wady Suweinit, about 3 miles Northeast of `Anata.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

In Scripture

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