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    Gittaim

    גִּתָּ֑יִם

    Gittaim was a town where the Beerothites fled and was later inhabited by the Benjamites after the Babylonian exile.

    Where the story of Gittaim happens Where the gazetteer locates Gittaim, framed to them: Gittaim. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Gittaim
    Where the gazetteer locates Gittaim
    verses
    2
    first named
    2 Samuel 4:3
    last named
    2 Samuel 4:3
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    31.90°N · 34.89°E
    settlement31.90°N · 34.89°E

    Ras Abu Hamid (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 3 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Gittaim in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Gittaim is a town mentioned twice in the Old Testament. The first reference is in 2Sa.4.3, which states that the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and lived there as foreigners. This event is connected to the assassination of Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, by two Beerothites (2Sa.4.5-8).

    Beeroth was one of the four cities of the Gibeonites, who had deceived Joshua into making a peace treaty (Joshua 9:17). The flight of the Beerothites to Gittaim suggests that the town was a place of refuge, possibly located outside Israelite territory.

    The second reference to Gittaim is in Nehemiah 11:33, which lists the towns inhabited by the Benjamites after their return from Babylonian exile. Gittaim is mentioned along with other towns in the region, indicating that it was resettled by the Benjamites during the post-exilic period.

    The exact location of Gittaim is uncertain, but it was likely situated in Benjamite territory, north of Jerusalem. Some scholars suggest it may be identified with modern-day Ras Abu Kharrubeh, about 6 miles northeast of Jerusalem.

    Apart from these two brief references, no other information about Gittaim is provided in the Bible. Its significance lies in its connection to the Beerothites' flight and its later resettlement by the Benjamites.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends of an edge always agree. Neither end of one reaches this entity.

    Not stated

    Nothing stands in a stated relation with this entity.

    The pattern

    Where Gittaim is named

    Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.

    Where the name is written across the corpus. 2 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. OLD TESTAMENT · 39 BOOKSNEW TESTAMENT · 27 BOOKS2 SAMUEL1 VERSE50 books and 763 chapters with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT Where the name is written across the corpus. 2 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. OT · 39 BOOKSNT · 27 BOOKS2 SAMUEL1 VERSE50 books with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT
    Gittaim is named in 2 verses — occurrences of the name in the Hebrew or Greek, counted in the versification of the Berean Standard Bible (v5.7). Every book of the corpus is drawn, its width its share of the 1,189 chapters. 64 of the 66 books never write it. A verse that tells of this subject without writing the name is not counted here.

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 2 books.

    1. 2 Samuel1 verse

      4:3

    2. Nehemiah1 verse

      11:33

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    ElsewhereTerritory of JudahOne of the most connected entities of this type.ElsewhereJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsElsewhereBashanRegion east of the Jordan, known for its fertility.

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