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Gareb

Jerem. xxxi. 39. Sanhedrin. fol. 103.GAREB, an hill near Jerusalem. It is said in the Mishnah, that from Garab or Gareb to Silo were three miles only; and that there was Micah’s Ephod. But Gareb mentioned in Jeremiah, could not be so far from Jerusalem, since the Prophet says, that Jerusalem shall reach as far as the Hill of Gareb. Now the distance from Jerusalem to Silo was about twelve leagues.

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Gareb,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/g/gareb-2/.

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