A Levitical town of Benjamin, Joshua 18:24 21:17 1 Chronicles 8:6 , near Ramah, Nehemiah 7:30 Isaiah 10:29 , and not far from the northern border of the kingdom of Judah, 2 Kings 23:8 Zechariah 14:10 . Near Geba David defeated the Philistines, 2 Samuel 5:25 . Asa renewed it from the ruins of Ramah, 1 Kings 15:22 . It was six or seven miles from Jerusalem, and was separated from Michmash on the north by a deep valley. See GIBEAH .