And Chepharharmmonai, and Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages:
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Ophni, the Gophna so celebrated in latter times, fifteen miles from Gabaa. St. Jerome attributes it to Ephraim, as perhaps it was chiefly inhabited by people of that tribe.
Gabee. The wickedness of its citizens almost involved the whole tribe in destruction, Judges xix. It was twenty mile north of Jerusalem. (Josephus, v. 2.)