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gı̄´lō (גּלה, gilōh): A town in the hill country of Judah mentioned along with Jattir, Socoh, Debir, Eshtemoa, etc. (). Ahithophel came from here () and is called the Gilonite (). Driver infers from this last that the original form was Gilon, not Giloh. Probably the ruins Kḣ Jālā, in the hills 3 miles Northwest of Hulhūl, mark the site (PEF, III, 313, Sh XXI).