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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 up upon that altar.
 5In Gibeon Jehovah 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 Jehovah: A voice hath been heard in Ramah, the wail of very bitter weeping,--Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children, because they are 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 to their cities on the third day; and 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; for Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and it was greater than Ai, and all its men 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 up upon that altar.
 5In Gibeon Jehovah 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 Jehovah appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. (1 Kings 9:2)
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Isa. 28:21• 21For Jehovah will rise up as on mount Perazim, he will be moved with anger as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and perform his act, his unwonted 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• 1And 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 caused the families of Judah to come forward, and he took the family of the Zarhites. And he caused the family of the Zarhites to come forward 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 Jehovah: A voice hath been heard in Ramah, the wail of very bitter weeping,--Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children, because they are not. (Jer. 31:15)
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Matt. 27:57• 57Now when even was come there came a rich man of Arimathaea, his name Joseph, who also himself was a disciple to Jesus. (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,