Kings iv. 10.) It is noted as the birth-place of the prophet Jonah.
Gath-rimmon. (Josh. xix. 45.) It would seem that there were at least three cities of this name; one in the tribe of Dan, (Josh. xxi. 24;) a second in the half tribe of Manasseh, (Josh. xxi. 25;) and a third in the tribe of Ephraim.—(1 Chron. vi. 69.)
Gilgal. 1. A city near Jericho, where was an altar.—(1 Sam xi. 15.) Idols were worshipped here in alter times. (Hos. iv. 15.) 2. A city near Antipatris.—(Josh. xii. 23.) There remained a village on this spot, called Galgulis, for several hundred years after Christ.
Hebron, (Num. xiii. 22,) so called after a son of Caleb, was one of the most ancient cities of Judea, and was originally called Kirjath-Arba, or the city of Arba, from its being the residence of a famous giant of that name.—(Josh, xiv 15.) Moses calls it Mamre. —(Gen. xxiii. 19; xxxv. 27.) It was situated on an eminence from 20 to 30 miles south of Jerusalem, and nearly 100 from Nazareth, (Luke i. 39,) and is still known as the flourishing town of Habroun, or El-khalil, which means "the friend," or "the beloved," (2 Chron. xx. 7;) celebrated for the manufacture of glass.
Jerusalem. (Josh, xviii. 28.) The capital of the kingdom of Judah. It was probably once called Salem, (Gen. xiv. 13; Ps. lxxvi. 2, Heb. vii. 1, 2,) and in the days of Abraham was the abode of Melchizedek, who, as some suppose, built the city, and was its king.—(Gen. iv 18; Heb. vii.; Ps. xlviii. 2, 13; cxxv. 1, 2.) The ancient Salem was probably built upon Acra and Moriah, the eastern and western hills. It stands 42 miles east of the Mediterranean. When the Jebusites became masters of it, they called it Jebus, (Judg. xix. 10,) or Jebusi, (Joshua xviii. 28,) and erected a fortress in the southern quarter of the city, which was afterwards called Mount Zion, but to which they gave the name of their ancestor, Jebus. The city was surrounded with a strong wall, 40 or 50 feet high. Its general form is nearly a heptagon, or seven sided. The circumference, is nearly three miles. When the Israelites took possession of the promised land, under Joshua, the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem;
