Gareb, The Hill of
Gareb, The Hill of
gareb, (, garebh): A hill in the neighborhood of Jerusalem, which was one of the landmarks to which the prophet Jeremiah (Jer 31:39) foresaw that the city should extend. The site is unknown. Cheyne (Encyclopedia Biblica) would connect this with the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward (Jos 15:8), but this is too far South; it is inconceivable that the prophet could have imagined the city extending so far in this direction; most probably the hill was to the North – the one natural direction for the city’s extension – and is now incorporated in the modern suburbs.