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Easton's Bible Dictionary
the hill, ( 2
Samuel 5:25 [ 1
Chronicles 14:16 , "Gibeon"]; 2
Kings 23:8 ; Nehemiah
11:31 ), A Levitical city of Benjamin ( 1
Kings 15:22 ; 1
Samuel 13:16 ; 14:5
, wrongly "Gibeah" in the A.V.), on the north border of Judah near Gibeah ( Isaiah
10:29 ; Joshua
18:24 , 18:28
). "From Geba to Beersheba" expressed the whole extent of the kingdom of Judah,
just as "from Dan to Beersheba" described the whole length of Palestine ( 2
Kings 23:8 ). It has been identified with Gaba ( Joshua
18:24 ; Ezra
2:26 ; Nehemiah
7:30 ), now Jeb'a, about 5 1/2 miles north of Jerusalem.
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
a hill; cup
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(a hill) A city of Benjamin, with "suburbs," allotted
to the priests. ( Joshua
21:17 ; 1
Chronicles 6:60 ) It is named amongst the first group of the Benjamite towns
--apparently those lying near to and along the north boundary. ( Joshua
18:24 ) Here the name is given as GABA. During the wars of the earlier part
of the reign of Saul, Geba was held as a garrison by the Philistines, ( 1
Samuel 13:3 ) but they were ejected by Jonathan. It is now the modern village
of Jeba , which stands picturesquely on the top of its steep terraced hill, six
miles north of Jerusalem, on the very edge of the great Wady Suweinit, looking
northward to the opposite village of ancient Michmash, which also retains its
old name of Mukhmas.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ge'-ba (gebha', "hill"):
(1) A town on the Northeast boundary of the territory of Benjamin (Joshua 18:24),
given to the Levites (Joshua 21:17; 1 Chronicles 6:60). It stood on the northern
frontier of the kingdom of Judah, Geba and Beersheba marking respectively the
northern and southern limits (2 Kings 23:8). In 2 Samuel 5:25 "Geba" should be
altered to "Gibeon," which stands in the corresponding passage, 1 Chronicles 14:16.
In Judges 20:10 , 33 ; 1 Samuel 13:3 , 16, the Hebrew reads "Geba," the translation
"Gibeah" being due to confusion of the two names. From 1 Samuel 14:5 we gather
that Geba stood to the South of the great gorge, Wady Suweinit, commanding the
pass at Michmash. This was the scene of Jonathan's daring enterprise against the
Philistines, when, accompanied by his armor-bearer, he accomplished an apparently
impossible feat, climbing the rocky steeps of the gorge to the North and putting
the enemy to flight. There can be no doubt that the modern village of Jeba' occupies
the ancient site. It stands to the South of Wady Suweinit, looking toward Michmash--modern
Mukhmas--with Seneh, the crag on the southern lip of the gorge, in front of it.
The distance from Jerusalem is about 6 miles. It was fortified by Asa with materials
that his enemy Baasha had used to fortify Ramah against him (1 Kings 15:22). It
is named by Isaiah in his description of the terrifying march of the Assyrians
upon Jerusalem from the North (10:28). It appears among the cities which were
reoccupied by Israel after the Exile (Ezra 2:26; Nehemiah 11:31).
(2) (Gaibai): Between a fortress so named and Scythopolis (Beisan), Holofernes
pitched his camp (Judith 3:10). On the high road that runs through Jenin, and
down the Vale of Jezreel to Beisan, about 2 miles to the South of Sanur, stands
the village of Jeba', with which this fortress may be identified.
W. Ewing
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