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GAREB

(Heb. gārēḇ)

(PLACE)

An obscure site mentioned only in Jer. 31:39. Jeremiah uses the “hill Gareb” as a marker (along with Goah) for the future rebuilding and expansion of Jerusalem. This expansion will apparently include both the Kidron Valley to the east and the Hinnom Valley to the south and west. Attempts to identify this site at the so-called Mt. Zion at the southwestern extremity of the city seem clearly in error; Jeremiah’s description indicates that the location of this site is across the Hinnom Valley from Jerusalem, closer to the “Shoulder of Hinnom,” a well-known burial area which would fit the prophet’s description in Jer. 31:40.

Bibliography. J. J. Simons, Jerusalem in the Old Testament (Leiden, 1952), 231-33.

Dennis M. Swanson






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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