Ophrah
The Arab village Tayiba in the Samarian Hills, 6 miles northeast of Ramallah, is believed to be the site of ancient Ophrah, a city in the Benjamin tribal allotment:
“And raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leads to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:” (I Samuel 13:17).
According to Christian tradition, Jesus visited here. There are a number of churches and Christian schools in the village.
Remains of a Crusader church, built on the ruins of a Byzantine church, and called el Khadr, a nickname for the prophet Elijah and St. George. On the village slopes are ruins of a 12th-century Crusader castle, Baubariya, built on a 5th-century Byzantine structure.
