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Geba

14 verses · 2 known names

Also known as: Gaba

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Verses Mentioning Geba

  1. The town Emona and Ophni and Gabee: twelve cities, and their villages.

  2. And out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, Gabaon, and Gabae,

  3. And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines which was in Gabaa. And when the Philistines had heard of it, Saul sounded the trumpet over all the land, saying: Let the Hebrews hear.

  4. But king Asa sent word into all Juda, saying: Let no man be excused: and they took away the stones from Rama, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasa had been building, and with them king Asa built Gabaa of Benjamin, and Maspha.

  5. And he gathered together all the priests out of the cities of Juda: and he defiled the high places, where the priests offered sacrifice, from Gabaa to Bersabee: and he broke down the altars of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Josue, governor of the city, which was on the left hand of the gate of the city.

  6. And out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gabee and its suburbs, Almath with its suburbs, Anathoth also with its suburbs: all their cities throughout their families were thirteen.

  7. These are the sons of Abed, heads of families that dwelt in Gabaa, who were removed into Manahath.

  8. Then king Asa took all Juda, and they carried away from Rama the stones, and the timber that Baasa had prepared for the building: and he built with them Gabaa, and Maspha.

  9. The children of Rama and Gabaa, six hundred twenty-one.

  10. The men of Rama and Geba, six hundred twenty-one.

  11. And the children of Benjamin, from Geba, at Mechmas, and at Hai, and at Bethel, and in the villages thereof,

  12. And from the house of Galgal, and from the countries of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singing men had built themselves villages round about Jerusalem.

  13. They have passed in haste, Gaba is our lodging: Rama was astonished, Gabaath of Saul fled away.

  14. And all the land shall return even to the desert, from the hill to Remmon to the south of Jerusalem: and she shall be exalted, and shall dwell in her own place, from the gate of Benjamin even to the place of the former gate, and even to the gate of the corners: and from the tower of Hananeel even to the king's winepresses.