Easton's Bible Dictionary: Geba
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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
, 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.
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