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mā´a-re-gē´ba, -gā´ba (גּבע מערה, ma‛ăreÌ„h gebha‛; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus ΜαÏααγαÌβε, MaraagaÌbe; Codex Alexandrinus δυσμῶν τῆς ΓαβαυÌ, dusmoÌ„Ìn teÌ„Ìs GabaaÌ): The place where the men of Israel lay in ambush, from which they broke forth upon the children of Benjamin (). 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-‛ăraÌ„bh legebha‛, “to the West of Geba.†Peshitta suggests a reading mimme-‛aÌ„rath gebha‛, “from the cave of Geba.†This, however, there is nothing to warrant.