Geba

And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgivings and with singing, with cymbals, harps, and lyres.

And the sons of the singers gathered together from the circuit round Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites; also from Beth-gilgal and from the region of Geba and Azmaveth; for the singers had built for themselves villages around Jerusalem.

And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and they purified the people and the gates and the wall.

Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies, which gave thanks and went in procession.

So they encamped from Beer-sheba to the valley of Hinnom.

The people of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages, Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, Lod, and Ono, the valley of the craftsmen.

And certain divisions of the Levites in Judah were joined to Benjamin.

The Book of Esther chapter eight.

So they settled from Beersheba to Enam Valley.

Benjamin's descendants from Geba, Michmash, Aiiah, and Bethel and its surrounding villages, Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, Lod, and Ono in Craftsmen's Valley.

Some of the Judean divisions of Levites were in Benjamin.

Chapter twelve.

These served in the days of Joakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.

At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sent for the Levites wherever they lived and brought them to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

The singers guarded from the region around Jerusalem, from the settlements of Netophathites, from Beth Gilgal, and from the fields of Geba and Asmaveth, for they had built settlements for themselves around Jerusalem.

After the priests and the Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the city gates, and the wall.

The hill country of Israel, hollow and silent in the daylight, its people pressed into the earth like something hunted.

And the king? Saul was at the edge of a place called Gibeah, or in the vicinity of Geba, sitting beneath a pomegranate tree.

The pomegranate is a small tree, low and spreading, with narrow glossy leaves and, in season, heavy red fruit.

It throws a modest circle of shade.

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Now, King Saul, his son Jonathan, and the people who were present with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin while the Philistines camped at Michmash.

Now, I was at this location yesterday, and I was shocked to see that it's not the kind of place to launch an attack.

It is a place to hide.

And in that day his burden will depart from your shoulder, and his yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat.” He has come to Aiath, he has passed through Migron; at Michmash he stores his baggage.

They have crossed over the pass; at Geba they lodge for the night.

Ramah trembles; Gibeah of Saul has fled.

Cry aloud, O daughter of Gallim! Give attention, O Laishah! O poor Anathoth, Manahnah is in flight! The inhabitants of Gebim flee for safety.

Oh, to serve you is a great honor, my lord.

Now Jonathan, King Saul's son, had led an attack on the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines were out for revenge.

King Saul summoned the people to Gilgal, where the Philistines were gathering to attack.

King Saul, may you reign forever.