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Joshua 18

Josh. 18:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Gibeon
Gib`own (Hebrew #1391)
hilly; Gibon, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Gibeon.
Pronounce: ghib-ohn'
Origin: from the same as 1387
a, and Ramah
Ramah (Hebrew #7414)
Ramah, the name of four places in Palestine
KJV usage: Ramah.
Pronounce: raw-maw'
Origin: the same as 7413
b, and Beeroth
B'erowth (Hebrew #881)
wells; Beeroth, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Beeroth.
Pronounce: be-ay-rohth'
Origin: feminine plural of 875
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1 Kings 3:4‑5• 4And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
 5In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. (1 Kings 3:4‑5)
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Jer. 31:15• 15Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. (Jer. 31:15)

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Beeroth,
Gibeon,
Ramah

Cross References

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Gibeon.
Josh. 9:17• 17And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim. (Josh. 9:17)
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Josh. 10:2• 2That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty. (Josh. 10:2)
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1 Kings 3:4‑5• 4And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
 5In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. (1 Kings 3:4‑5)
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1 Kings 9:2• 2That the Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. (1 Kings 9:2)
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Isa. 28:21• 21For the Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. (Isa. 28:21)
Ramah.Situated, according to Eusebius, six miles from Jerusalem towards Bethel; though Jerome places it near Gaba, seven miles from Jerusalem.
1 Sam. 1:1• 1Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: (1 Sam. 1:1)
Ramathaim-zophim.
Josh. 7:17• 17And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: (Josh. 7:17)
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Josh. 15:34• 34And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam, (Josh. 15:34)
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Jer. 31:15• 15Thus saith the Lord; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. (Jer. 31:15)
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Matt. 27:57• 57When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: (Matt. 27:57)
Arimathea.
Beeroth.Eusebius says Beeroth was seven miles from Jerusalem, towards Nicopolis or Emmaus.
Jerome, however, reads Neapolis or Shechem; but Reland prefers the former.

J. N. Darby Translation

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Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,