Encyclopedia of The Bible – Gittaim
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Gittaim

GITTAIM gĭt’ ĭ əm (Heb. גִּתָּֽיִם), a refuge near Beeroth in Benjamin mentioned in both 2 Samuel 4:3, as the city to which two captains under Saul’s son fled, and in Nehemiah 11:33 as the location of one of the resettled groups of Israelites after the return. The name appears to be a dual, prob. derived from Heb. גַּת֒, H1780, “a winepress.” Apparently the second place was NW of Jerusalem and not distant from Hazor, the modern Khurbet-Hazzur with which it is mentioned. Since such a name would be common enough in the hill country of northern Pal., there may be two separate locations involved.