Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
Don’t tell our enemies in Gath; don’t weep at all. You people in Beth-leaphrah, roll in the dust to show your despair.
A similar thing happened when the Caphtorites from Crete invaded and destroyed the Avvites, who had lived in villages in the area of Gaza.)
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
Kephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve towns with their surrounding villages.
Three raiding parties soon left the camp of the Philistines. One went north toward Ophrah in the land of Shual,
