John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 18:23
And Avim, and Parah ,.... Of the two first of these we read nowhere else: and Ophrah is not the same with Ophrah in Judges 6:11 ; that belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, but rather that which was in the land of Shuah, 1 Samuel 13:17 . Jerom calls this place Aphrah, in the tribe of Benjamin, and says F15 De loc. Heb. fol. 88. H. , in his time there was a village called Effrem, five miles from Bethel to the east, which very probably is the same with this. read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 18:11-28
We have here the lot of the tribe of Benjamin, which Providence cast next to Joseph on the one hand, because Benjamin was own and only brother to Joseph, and was little Benjamin (Ps. 68:27), that needed the protection of great Joseph, and yet had a better protector, for the Lord shall cover him all the day long, Deut. 33:12. And it was next to Judah on the other hand, that this tribe might hereafter unite with Judah in an adherence to the throne of David and the temple at Jerusalem. Here we... read more