Bible Location
Meaning: a hill; cup · 14 cross references · Modern-day map available
This Geba entry refers to the main Benjaminite town north of Jerusalem, not the smaller secondary Geba record elsewhere in the dataset. It is important because it appears in border descriptions, military movement, and formulas describing the extent of Judah. First appears in Josh 18:24.1
Place meaning
a hill; cup
Coordinates
31.86, 35.26
First appears
Josh 18:24
AI summary: Geba's significance comes from its position in Benjamin near the northern approaches to Jerusalem. It appears in military narratives, in boundary descriptions, and in expressions marking the breadth of Judah's territory. Because of that, Geba becomes one of those small places whose location gives it repeated strategic relevance. The cross references present this Geba as a northern Judah-Benjamin marker of defense, movement, and territorial definition.1
Place meaning
a hill; cup
Latitude
31.86
Longitude
35.26
Bible references
14
The hill, (2 Sam. 5:25 [1 Chr. 14:16, “Gibeon”]; 2 Kings 23:8; Neh. 11:31), a Levitical city of Benjamin (1 Kings 15:22; 1 Sam. 13:16; 14:5, wrongly “Gibeah” in the A.V.), on the north border of Judah near Gibeah (Isa. 10:29; Josh. 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 (Josh. 18:24; Ezra 2:26; Neh. 7:30), now Jeb’a, about 5 1/2 miles north of Jerusalem. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.