Geba

Identified as

Jaba

Certainty

Likely (74% of scholarship) · 1 other possible location

Coordinates

31.858° N, 35.261° E

Geba· Gibeah

• גֶּ֫בַע·Geba

1. Joshua 18:24
   Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.
2. Joshua 21:17
   And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,
3. 1 Samuel 13:3
   Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
4. 1 Samuel 13:16
   Now Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.
5. 1 Samuel 14:5
   One cliff stood to the north toward Michmash, and the other to the south toward Geba.
6. 1 Kings 15:22
   Then King Asa summoned all the men of Judah, with no exceptions, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials King Asa built up Geba of Benjamin, as well as Mizpah.
7. 2 Kings 23:8
   Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and desecrated the high places, from Geba to Beersheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which was to the left of the city gate.
8. 1 Chronicles 6:60
   And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.
9. 1 Chronicles 8:6
   These were the descendants of Ehud who were the heads of the families living in Geba and were exiled to Manahath:
10. 2 Chronicles 16:6
    Then King Asa brought all the men of Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had used for building. And with these materials he built up Geba and Mizpah.
11. Ezra 2:26
    …the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;
12. Nehemiah 7:30
    …the men of Ramah and Geba, 621;
13. Nehemiah 11:31
    The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;
14. Nehemiah 12:29
    …from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.
15. Isaiah 10:29
    They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.
16. Zechariah 14:10
    All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.