Verse 17
17. Gibeon See Joshua 9:3, note. There were three other cities on federal relations with Gibeon.
Chephira, literally, the village, is in the mountains on the western confines of Benjamin, east of Nicopolis, and about two miles east of Yalo, the ancient Aijalon. Dr. Robinson discovered it under the scarcely altered name of Kefir.
Beeroth, a Hebrew word for wells, was known to Eusebius, and his description of its position agrees perfectly with that of the modern el-Bireh, ten miles north of Jerusalem, on the great road to Shechem. It is a favourite resting-place for caravans at the end of the first day’s journey from Jerusalem, and contains a population of about seven hundred.
Kirjath-jearim City of forests, called also, in Joshua 18:14, City of Baal, the great Canaanite deity. It was celebrated as the abode of the ark for twenty years, (1 Samuel 7:2,) and is still a resort of pilgrims from all Judea. Dr. Robinson identifies it with the modern Kuriet-el-Enab, city of grapes, on the road from Jaffa to Jerusalem, and about ten miles northwest of the latter city. In Joshua 18:28, it is called merely Kirjath.
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