Giloh:
he that rejoices; he that overturns
Giloh:
gi'-lo (giloh): A town in the hill country of Judah mentioned along with Jattir, Socoh, Debir, Eshtemoa, etc. (Jos 15:51). Ahithophel came from here (2Sa 15:12) and is called the Gilonite (2Sa 23:34). Driver infers from this last that the original form was Gilon, not Giloh. Probably the ruins Kb. Jala, in the hills 3 miles Northwest of Hulhul, mark the site (PEF, III, 313, Sh XXI).
Giloh:
(exile) a town in the mountainous part of Judah, named in the first group with Debir and Eshtemoh (Joshua 15:50) it was the native place of the famous Ahithophel (2 Samuel 15:12).
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