Gibeah.
1. City in the highlands of Judah. Joshua 15:57. Identified with Jeba, 31 41' N, 35 4' E.
2. Place where Abinadab dwelt, in whose house the ark of God remained until fetched by David. 2 Samuel 6:3, 2 Samuel 1:6; the name is translated 'the hill' in 1 Samuel 7:1.
3. City of Benjamin, the native place of Saul. Judges 1:19-16; Judges 1:20-43; 1 Samuel 1:10; 1 Samuel 1:14, 1 Samuel 1:14; 1 Samuel 1:22; 1 Samuel 1:23; 1 Samuel 1:26; 2 Samuel 1:23; 1 Chronicles 1:11; 2 Chronicles 1:13; Hosea 5:8; Hosea 9:9; Hosea 10:9. The same city is called 'GIBEAH OF BENJAMIN,' 1 Samuel 13:2, 1 Samuel 1:13, 1 Samuel 1:13; 1 Samuel 1:14; and 'GIBEAH OF SAUL,' 1 Samuel 11:4; 1 Samuel 1:15; 2 Samuel 1:21; Isaiah 10:29; though in some places the district around the city may be included. Not identified. [In 1 Samuel 13:16 and 1 Samuel 14:5 the Hebrew is GEBA, not GIBEAH: cf. 1 Samuel 13:3.]
4. GIBEAH IN THE FIELD. Some place to which a division of the highway from No. 3 led. Judges 20:31. Not identified.
5. GIBEAH OF PHINEHAS, as Joshua 24:33 may be translated, 'a hill [that pertained to] Phinehas.' Identified by some with Awertah, 32 10' N, 35 17' E.