Bible Location
Meaning: who heap up; who cover · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Gallim was a Benjaminite settlement north of Jerusalem remembered in both royal and prophetic contexts. It is important because it appears in Saul's family story and in Isaiah's crisis imagery. First appears in 1 Sam 25:44.1
Place meaning
who heap up; who cover
Coordinates
31.82, 35.25
First appears
1 Sam 25:44
AI summary: Gallim matters because it enters both domestic and national memory. It is tied to Michal's transfer to Phalti and later becomes one of the named places swept up in Isaiah's evocation of advancing threat. The cross references present Gallim as a Benjaminite place of family sorrow and prophetic alarm.1
Place meaning
who heap up; who cover
Latitude
31.82
Longitude
35.25
Bible references
2
Heaps, (1 Sam. 25:44; Isa. 10:30). The native place of Phalti, to whom Michal was given by Saul. It was probably in Benjamin, to the 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.
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.