Encyclopedia of The Bible – Giah
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Giah

GIAH gī’ ə (גִּ֔יחַ). An unidentified site on the route of Abner’s flight from Joab and Abishai after he killed Asabel following the defeat of Eshbaal’s forces by those of David (2 Sam 2:24). It is given as a place better known to the contemporaries of the author than the hill of Ammah. An accepted understanding of the v. has not been achieved and the text may be corrupt.