Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 21:17
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
17. Gibeon ] See ch. Jos 9:3; Geba, Jos 18:24.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs,…. See Gill “Jos 18:25”; from which came the Gibeonites.
Geba with her suburbs. Of which [See comments on Jos 18:24].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
‘ And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs, Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs. Four cities. All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs ’
With the four cities from Benjamin the priestly cities came to thirteen. Notice the phrase ‘the children of Aaron, the priests.’ The writer is making clear the distinction between priest and Levite. For Gibeon and Geba see Jos 18:24-25. Anathoth is not mentioned in the list of cities allocated to Benjamin but was the birthplace of the priests Abiathar (1Ki 2:26) and probably Jeremiah (Jer 1:1; Jer 32:6-8). It is now known as Anata, five kilometres (three miles) north east of Jerusalem. Almon is probably the Allemeth of 1Ch 6:60 and is probably the ruined site ‘Almit, on the north east of Anathoth, and close by. Into these cities came priestly families to take up permanent residence and to take some form of authority over them, receiving the land that was close to the city boundaries.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Gibeon: Jos 9:3, Jos 18:25, 1Ch 6:60
Geba: Jos 18:24, Gaba
Reciprocal: 1Sa 13:3 – Geba 1Ki 15:22 – Geba 2Ki 23:8 – Geba Neh 12:29 – Geba Isa 10:29 – Geba Jer 1:1 – in Anathoth Jer 37:12 – the land Zec 14:10 – from Geba
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
21:17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her {f} suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
(f) The suburbs were a thousand cubits from the wall of the cities round about, Num 35:4.