Chephar-Haammonai
Chephar-haammonai
(Hebrews Kephar ha-Ammonay, , village of the Ammonites; or, as the margin corrects, Kephar ha-Ammonah, , village of [the] Ammonah, i.e. Ammonitis; Sept. , but v.r. , blending with Ophni following; Vulg. villa Emona), a place in the N.E. section of the tribe of Benjamin (q.v.), mentioned between Ophrah and Ophni (Jos 18:24. Schwarz (Palest. p. 126) thinks it is the “Ammonai” (so he reads for “Emmaus”) repaired by Barchides (1Ma 9:50). In the Onomasticon (s.v.) it is merely called “Ammonai (Euseb. ; Jerome, Amonai), in the tribe of Benjamin.” In the name of this hamlet, SEE CAPHAR-, is doubtless preserved the memory of an incursion of the Ammonites up the long ravines which lead from the Jordan valley to the highlands of Benjamin. SEE AMMONITE. Such a position is the modern Ain Yebrud, a little east of Jufna (Robinson, Researches, 3:79 note).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Chephar-Haammonai
(“hamlet of the Ammonites”.) Among Benjamin’s towns (Jos 18:24). The name alludes to some Ammonite inroad up the ravines from the Jordan valley to the Benjamite highlands.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Chephar-Haammonai
H3726
A town of Benjamin.
Jos 18:24