An important city of Benjamin (Joshua 18:24), it was second only to Jerusalem. It still survives in the modern Jifna or Jufna, 23 miles (37km) northwest of Bethel.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Ophni". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.