Ophrah
A place in the Bible
Gideon’s town, of the clan of Abiezer, in the tribe of Manasseh. In the Douay-Rheims it is called “Ephra.”
What happened here
- The angel: the angel of the Lord sat under an oak tree at Ophrah and appeared to Gideon. He told him that the Lord was with him.
- The altar: Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it “The Lord is peace.”
- His tomb: Gideon died at a very old age and was buried at Ophrah, in his father’s tomb.
Today
No one knows for sure where it was.
Where it appears in the Bible
Judges 6:11-12; Judges 6:24; Judges 8:32
What the Bible says
Judges 6:11-12
11And an angel of the Lord came, and sat under an oak, that was in Ephra, and belonged to Joas the father of the family of Ezri. And when Gedeon his son was threshing and cleansing wheat by the winepress, to flee from Madian, 12The angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said: The Lord is with thee, O most valiant of men.
Judges 6:24
And Gedeon built there an altar to the Lord, and called it the Lord’s peace, until this present day. And when he was yet in Ephra, which is of the family of Ezri,
Judges 8:32
And Gedeon the son of Joas died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father in Ephra of the family of Ezri.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Judges 6:11; Judges 8:32