Joshua 18:25
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
Gibeon,.... Gibeon is the place from whence the Gibeonites came, who deceived Joshua, Joshua 9:3. Jerom says {p}, in his time there was a village shown of this name, four miles from Bethel to the east, near Ramah, next mentioned;
and Ramah, which Jerom relates {q} was six miles from Aelia or Jerusalem to the north, against Bethel. Rauwolff, a traveller in those parts, says {r}, that the town of Rama is situated on an ascent, in plain fields, which extend themselves for two leagues to the hill of the city of Jerusalem; these fields are very fruitful and well tilled, and sown with corn, cotton, and Indian millet; the town is pretty large, but very open, like unto a village, very pitifully built, where one may still see here and there some signs of old buildings;
and Beeroth was a city that belonged to the Gibeonites, Joshua 9:17; and Jerom says {s}, in his time was shown the village, seven miles from Aelia or Jerusalem, as you go to Neapolis or Shechem.
{p} De loc. Heb. fol. 92. A.
{q} Ibid. fol. 94. B.
{r} Travels, par. 3. c. 1. p. 215. Ed. Ray.
{s} Vid. Reland. Palestin. Illustrat. tom. 2. p. 618.