Geba

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• (Also called GABA)
• A city of the tribe of Benjamin, assigned to the sons of AaronJoshua 21:171 Samuel 13:32 Samuel 5:251 Kings 15:222 Kings 23:81 Chronicles 6:601 Chronicles 8:62 Chronicles 16:6Nehemiah 11:31Nehemiah 12:29Isaiah 10:29Zechariah 14:10

The passages, in Bible order (12)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 12 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Joshua 21:17

   And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave them Gibeon, Geba,

   ›Commentary on Joshua 21:171 voice

   “And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs,.... See Gill on Jos 18:25; from which came the Gibeonites. Geba with her suburbs. Of which See Gill on Jos 18:24.

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2. 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!”

   ›Commentary on 1 Samuel 13:31 voice

   “5. Just as the battle line of the bridegroom excels in rank, so also it was the first to receive the titles of victory. For Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines: because chosen virginity, exalted by the citadel of continence over the flesh, extinguishes shameful impulses. And rightly it is called the garrison of the Philistines: because in the virginal body, carnal impulses do not have the rest of delight, but the standing of battle. They stand indeed: because they attack, but they cannot rest: because they do not in the least delight the holy mind.

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3. 2 Samuel 5:25

   So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:252 voices

   “Geba - Better, as in marginal reference “Gibeon.” Gazer should be “Gezer” (Jos 10:33, etc.); it lay between the nether Bethhoron and the sea; on the direct route therefore which the Philistines, fleeing from Gibeon, would take. The exact site has now been identified (1Ki 9:16).

   “And David did so as the Lord commanded him,....

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4. 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.

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 15:222 voices

   “Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah,....

   “None was exempted - Every man was obliged to go and help to dismantle the fortress at Ramah which Baasha had built. This was a general levee en masse of the people: every one was obliged to lend a helping hand, as the state was then supposed to be in danger, and all exemptions necessarily ceased. This is a maxim of civil policy, Ubi adversus hostem muniendi sent limites, omnis immunitas cessat: “Where the boundaries are to be fortified against an enemy, then all exemptions cease.

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5. 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.

   ›Commentary on 2 Kings 23:81 voice

   “And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah,....

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6. 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.

   ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 6:601 voice

   “All their cities - were thirteen - But there are only eleven reckoned here, Gibeon and Juttah being omitted, and the names of some of the others changed. None of the versions give the full number of names, although they all give the whole sum thirteen.

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7. 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:

   ›Commentary on 1 Chronicles 8:61 voice

   “And these are the sons of Ehud,....

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8. 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.

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9. Nehemiah 11:31

   The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;

   ›Commentary on Nehemiah 11:311 voice

   “The children also of Benjamin, from Geba, dwelt at Michmash,.... Geba was a city on the southern border of Benjamin, Jos 18:24 and Michmash on the northern, of which see 1Sa 13:2 in this and the four following verses are the names of several cities in the tribe of Benjamin, inhabited by the men of that tribe, as Alia, the same with Ai, that lay on the east of Bethel, here also mentioned, see Jos 7:2 Anathoth, the birth place of Jeremiah the prophet, Jer 1:1. Nob, a city of the priests, 1Sa 21:

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10. Nehemiah 12:29

    from Beth-gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for they had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem.

    ›Commentary on Nehemiah 12:292 voices

    “From the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth - Or, from Beth-Gilgal; a village erected in the place where the Israelites encamped after they had, under the direction of Joshua, passed over Jordan.

    “Also from the house of Gilgal,....

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11. Isaiah 10:29

    They have crossed at the ford: “We will spend the night at Geba.” Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul flees.

    ›Commentary on Isaiah 10:292 voices

    “(Verse 28 and following) He will come to Aiath, he will pass through Migron: at Machmas he will deposit his baggage. They went with haste to Geba, our city (or as we find elsewhere written: they stayed at the lodging place); Ramah was astonished, Gibeah of Saul fled. Cry out with your voice, daughter of Gallim; listen, Laishah, poor Anathoth: Medemena has taken flight; the inhabitants of Gebim, gather yourselves together. There is still a day, to stand at Nob: he will shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem.

    “They have passed in haste, unimpeded by the resistance of those cities; Gaba is our lodging, the voice of the army which rested there; Rama was astonished, that is, it feared, because he was near; Gabaath of Saul, the royal city in the time of …

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12. 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.

    ›Commentary on Zechariah 14:102 voices

    “All the land shall be turned as a plain,....

    “(Verse 9 and following). In that day there will be one Lord, and his name will be one: and all the land will return to the desert from the hill of Remmon to the South of Jerusalem: and it will be exalted, and it will be inhabited in its place, from the Benjamin gate to the place of the former gate, to the corner gate: and from the Tower of Ananeel to the king's winepresses, and they will dwell in it, and there will no longer be a curse, but Jerusalem will sit securely.

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