Bible Location
Meaning: a wine-press · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Gittaim was a Benjaminite town associated with displaced Beerothites and later post-exilic settlement. It is important because it preserves one of the lesser-known places in Benjamin's historical landscape. First appears in 2 Sam 4:3.1
Place meaning
a wine-press
Coordinates
31.96, 34.95
First appears
2 Sam 4:3
AI summary: Gittaim matters because it emerges through the movements of vulnerable people. The Beerothites flee there, and later it is remembered again among inhabited places after exile. The cross references present Gittaim as a Benjaminite refuge and settlement-town of continuity.1
Place meaning
a wine-press
Latitude
31.96
Longitude
34.95
Bible references
2
Two wine-presses, (2 Sam. 4:3; Neh. 11:33), a town probably in Benjamin to which the Beerothites fled. 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.
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.