Gibeon
Gibeon is the place from whence the Gibeonites came, who deceived
Joshua, ( Joshua
9:3-6 ) . Jerom says F16, in his time there was a village
shown of this name, four miles from Bethel to the east, near
Ramah, next mentioned;
and Ramah,
which Jerom relates F17 was six miles from Aelia or
Jerusalem to the north, against Bethel. Rauwolff, a traveller in
those parts, says F18, that the town of Rama is situated
on an ascent, in plain fields, which extend themselves for two
leagues to the hill of the city of Jerusalem; these fields are
very fruitful and well tilled, and sown with corn, cotton, and
Indian millet; the town is pretty large, but very open, like unto
a village, very pitifully built, where one may still see here and
there some signs of old buildings;
and Beeroth
was a city that belonged to the Gibeonites, ( Joshua 9:17 ) ; and
Jerom says F19, in his time was shown the village,
seven miles from Aelia or Jerusalem, as you go to Neapolis or
Shechem.