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 Joshua 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.
These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.