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Maareh-Geba
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mā´a - re - gē´ba , - gā´ba ( גּבע מערה , ma‛ărēh gebha‛ ; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Μαρααγάβε , Maraagábe ; Codex Alexandrinus δυσμῶν τῆς Γαβαύ , dusmṓn tḗs Gabaá ): The place where the men of Israel lay in ambush, from which they broke forth upon the children of Benjamin ( Judges 20:33 ). the King James Version renders "the meadows of Gibeah," the Revised Version margin "the meadow of Geba (or Gibeah)." The Septuagint's Codex Alexandrinus affords a clue to the correct reading. It to read place-name. The text must be emended to read mimma -‛ărābh legebha‛ , "to the West of Geba." Peshitta suggests a reading mimme -‛ārath gebha‛ , "from the cave of Geba." This, however, there is nothing to warrant.
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Maareh-Geba'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/m/maareh-geba.html. 1915.
