Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t cry in Acco. Roll in the dust at Beth Ophrah.
The Cretan people came from Crete and destroyed the Avvites, who lived in towns all the way to Gaza; the Cretans destroyed them and took their place.)
Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba. There were twelve towns and all their villages.
Three groups went out from the Philistine camp to make raids. One group went on the Ophrah road in the land of Shual.
