Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
Don't tell our enemies in Gath about our defeat; don't let them see you weeping. People of Beth Leaphrah, show your despair by rolling in the dust!
The land along the Mediterranean coast had been settled by people from the island of Crete. They had destroyed the Avvim, the original inhabitants, and had taken over all their land as far south as the city of Gaza.)
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
Chepharammoni, Ophni, and Geba: twelve cities, along with the towns around them.
The Philistine soldiers went out on raids from their camp in three groups: one group went toward Ophrah in the territory of Shual,
