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1. City in the highlands of Judah. Joshua 15: 57. Identified with
Jeba, .
2. Place where Abinadab dwelt, in whose house the ark of God remained until fetched by David. 2 Sam. 6: 3, 4; the name is translated 'the hill' in 1 Sam. 7: 1.
3. City of Benjamin, the native place of Saul. Judges 19: 12-16;
Judges 20: 4-43; 1 Sam. 10: 26; 1 Sam. 14: 2, 5; 1 Sam. 22: 6; 1
Sam. 23: 19; 1 Sam. 26: 1; 2 Sam. 23: 29; 1 Chr. 11: 31; 2 Chr. 13:
2; Hosea 5: 8; Hosea 9: 9; Hosea 10: 9. The same city is called
'GIBEAH OF BENJAMIN,' 1 Sam. 13: 2, 15, 16; 1 Sam. 14: 16; and
'GIBEAH OF SAUL,' 1 Sam. 11: 4; 1 Sam. 15: 34; 2 Sam. 21: 6;
Isa. 10: 29; though in some places the district around the city may be included. Not identified. [In 1 Sam. 13: 16 and 1 Sam. 14: 5 the Hebrew is GEBA, not GIBEAH: cf. 1 Sam. 13: 3.]
4. GIBEAH IN THE FIELD. Some place to which a division of the highway from No. 3 led. Judges 20: 31. Not identified.
5. GIBEAH OF PHINEHAS, as Joshua 24: 33 may be translated, 'a hill [that pertained to] Phinehas.' Identified by some with Awertah, .