Geba
Levitical city in Benjamin. Joshua 21:17; 2 Samuel 1:5; 2 Kings 1:23; 1 Chronicles 1:6; 1 Chronicles 1:8; Nehemiah 11:31; Nehemiah 12:29; Isaiah 10:29; Zechariah 14:10. Apparently while Saul was king the Philistines had a garrison there, which Jonathan smote. 1 Samuel 13:3. The city was built or rebuilt long afterwards by Asa. 1 Kings 15:22; 2 Chronicles 1:16. It is called GABA in Joshua 18:24; Ezra 2:26; Nehemiah 7:30; and GIBEAH in 1 Samuel 13:2-16; 1 Samuel 1:14. In 2 Samuel 5:25 Geba should probably be read Gibeon: cf. 1 Chronicles 14:16. Identified with Jeba, 31 52' N, 35 15' E.