Geba (city)
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "other uses". Script error: No such module "Distinguish". Geba (Template:IPAc-en;[1][2] Template:Hebrew Name; Template:Langx; Template:Langx, lit. "the hill") was a city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
Biblical sources
It was a Kohanic and Levitical city (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse"., Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".) located in the geographical territory of the Tribe of Benjamin on the northern border of Judah (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".), adjacent to Ramah in Benjamin north of Gibeah (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".; Script error: No such module "Bibleverse"., Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".).
During the wars in the time of Saul, Geba was held as a garrison by the Philistines (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".), but they were ejected by Jonathan.
During the reigns of Asa, king of Judah and Baasha, king of Israel, Geba was one of two cities that Asa built up from the stones Baasha had used to fortify Ramah (Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".; Script error: No such module "Bibleverse".).
Location
According to Josephus, "Gabao" was located 50 stadia from Jerusalem, as one ascended by Bethoron.[3] Geba has been identified with Jeba', about 5½ miles north of Jerusalem.[4]
References
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- ↑ https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h1387/kjv/wlc/0-1/ (retrieved 2025-09-03), IPA-ified from «gēh´bah»
- ↑ biblestudytools.com/lexicons/hebrew/nas/geba.html
- ↑ Josephus, The Jewish War 2.19.1
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1"., p. 9
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