renewed the rite of circumcision, and so “rolled away the reproach” of
their Egyptian slavery. Here the twelve memorial stones, taken from the
bed of the Jordan, were set up; and here also the tabernacle remained till it
was removed to Shiloh (18:1). It has been identified with Tell Jiljulieh,
about 5 miles from Jordan.
(3.) A place, probably in the hill country of Ephraim, where there was a
school of the prophets (2 Kings 4:38), and whence Elijah and Elisha, who
resided here, “went down” to Bethel (2:1,2). It is mentioned also in
Deuteronomy 11:30. It is now known as Jiljilia, a place 8 miles north of
Bethel.
- GILOH exile, a city in the south-west part of the hill-country of Judah
(Joshua 15:51). It was the native place or residence of the traitor
Ahithophel “the Gilonite” (Joshua 15:51; 2 Samuel 15:12), and where he
committed suicide (17:23). It has been identified with Kurbet Jala, about 7
miles north of Hebron. - GIMZO a place fertile in sycamores, a city in the plain of Judah, the
villages of which were seized by the Philistines (2 Chronicles 28:18). It is
now called Jimzu, about 3 miles south-east of Ludd, i.e., Lydda. - GIN a trap. (1.) Psalm 140:5, 141:9, Amos 3:5, the Hebrew word used,
mokesh, means a noose or “snare,” as it is elsewhere rendered (Psalm 18:5;
Proverbs 13:14, etc.).
(2.) Job 18:9, Isaiah 8:14, Hebrews pah, a plate or thin layer; and hence a
net, a snare, trap, especially of a fowler (Psalm 69: 22, “Let their table
before them become a net;” Amos 3:5, “Doth a bird fall into a net [pah]
upon the ground where there is no trap-stick [mokesh] for her? doth the
net [pah] spring up from the ground and take nothing at all?”, Gesenius.)
- GIRDLE (1.) Hebrews hagor, a girdle of any kind worn by soldiers (1
Samuel 18:4; 2 Samuel 20:8; 1 Kings 2:5; 2 Kings 3:21) or women (Isaiah
3:24).
(2.) Hebrews ‘ezor, something “bound,” worn by prophets (2 Kings 1:8;
Jeremiah 13:1), soldiers (Isaiah 5:27; 2 Samuel 20:8; Ezekiel 23:15), Kings
(Job 12:18).
(3.) Hebrews mezah, a “band,” a girdle worn by men alone (Psalm 109:19;
Isaiah 22:21).