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Geba
Hebrew: גֶּבַע —transliteration: Geba —meaning: the hill
Greek: Γαβαα
This is an ancient Levitical city of the Kohathite (Kohanic) families located in the land of the Tribe of Benjamin (1 Kings 15:22.
Then King Asa caused an announcement to be heard throughout all Judah—none was exempt—and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had been building. And King Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah. —1 Kings 15:22
“From Geba to Beersheba” expressed the whole extent of the kingdom of Judah, just as “from Dan to Beersheba” described the whole length of Israel (2 Kings 23:8).
Geba was near Gibeah of Benjamin (aka Gibeah of Saul) (Isaiah 10:29; Joshua 18:24, 28).
Other mentions in Scripture: Joshua 18:24; Ezra 2:26; Neh. 7:30; 2 Samuel 5:25 [1 Chronicles 14:16, “Gibeon”]; 2 Kings 23:8; Neh. 11:31), 1 Samuel 13:16; 14:5
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