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Gilgal

Town · also Beth-gilgal

Location disputed Khirbet el Mefjir: about 24 km (15 miles, 130 furlongs) northeast of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Khirbet el Mefjir Possible
  • Bedhat esh Sha’ab Less likely
  • El ’Unuq Less likely
  • Tell el Jurn Less likely

Gilgal in the Bible Dictionary · Another Gilgal (region · Joshua 12:23) · Another Gilgal (town · Joshua 4:19) · Another Gilgal (town · 2 Kings 2:1) · Another Gilgal (town · Joshua 15:7) · Another Gilgal (town · Deuteronomy 11:30)

Named in 1 Verse

  • Nehemiah 12:29 Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem.

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