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Levitical city in Benjamin. Joshua 21:17; 2 Samuel 5:25; 2 Kings 23:8; 1 Chronicles 6:60; 1 Chronicles 8:6; Nehemiah 11:31; Nehemiah 12:29; Isaiah 10:29; Zechariah 14:10 . Apparently while Saul was king the Philistines had a garrison there, which Jonathan smote. 1 Samuel 13:3 . The city was built or rebuilt long afterwards by Asa. 1 Kings 15:22; 2 Chronicles 16:6 . It is called GABA in Joshua 18:24; Ezra 2:26; Nehemiah 7:30; and GIBEAH in 1 Samuel 13:2-16; 1 Samuel 14:2-16 . In 2 Samuel 5:25 Geba should probably be read Gibeon: cf. 1 Chronicles 14:16 . Identified with Jeba, 31 52' N, 35 15' E .
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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Geba'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/mbd/g/geba.html. 1897.
Morrish, George. Entry for 'Geba'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/mbd/g/geba.html. 1897.
