MAAREH-GEBA (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] the meadows of Giheah, RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] the meadow of Geba).The place from which the men placed in ambush rushed forth to attack the Benjamites (Jdg_20:33). There can be little doubt that we ought to emend MT [Note: Massoretic Text.] to to the west of Geba (better Gibeah).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
mā?a-re-gē?ba, -gā?ba (גּבע מערה, ma‛ărēh gebha‛; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Μαρααγάβε, Maraagábe; Codex Alexandrinus δυσμῶν τῆς Γαβαύ, dusmṓn tḗs Gabaá): The place where the men of Israel lay in ambush, from which they broke forth upon the children of Benjamin (Jdg_20:33). the King James Version renders ?the meadows of Gibeah,? the Revised Version margin ?the meadow of Geba (or Gibeah).? The Septuagint's Codex Alexandrinus affords a clue to the correct reading. It to read place-name. The text must be emended to read mimma-‛ărābh legebha‛, ?to the West of Geba.? Peshitta suggests a reading mimme-‛ārath gebha‛, ?from the cave of Geba.? This, however, there is nothing to warrant.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.