2. A mile further, and on the west of the path, is _Nob_ (_el Isawiyeh_), named as a city of the priests. At this place the Tabernacle was kept during the reign of Saul; David visited the high-priest and received the sword of Goliath; and the priest and 70 of his associates were slain by command of Saul. (1 Sam. 21:1-9; 22:9-19.) 3. _Gibeah_ (_Tuleil el Ful_), "hill of beans," lies on the east of the road, 2-1/2 miles from the city. The place is first mentioned in the painful story of the Levite (Judges 19); but its principal interest is in the fact that it was the home and court of King Saul. "It is now dreary and desolate, with scarce any ruins save a confused mass of stones, which form a sort of cairn on the top."--_Tristram._ 4. _Anathoth_ (_Anata_), the birthplace of the prophet Jeremiah, and a priestly city, is 3 miles northeast of Jerusalem, upon a path branching out of the main road. It is now a village of about 20 houses. 5. Some locate _Ramah_, the home of Samuel, at _Er Ram_, on the east of the road; but others favor the place at _Neby Samwil_, to be noticed below. 6. _Michmash_, the scene of Jonathan's daring exploit, lies on a hill adjoining a ravine, 7 miles northeast of the city; and a mile away, in plain sight, lies _Geba_, the camping place of Saul's army at the time of the battle. (1 Sam. 13.) It is now called _Mukmas_. 7. _Ai_--the place where Joshua's army was repulsed by the Canaanites, on account of the crime of Achan (Josh. 7), and which, after his punishment, was taken and destroyed by the Israelites--is 9 miles from the city; a desolate heap, known as _el Tell_. 8. _Beeroth_ (wells), now _el Bireh_, 10 miles north, was one of the Gibeonite cities which made peace with Israel. (Josh. 9:17.) According to tradition, this is the place where Joseph and Mary, returning from Jerusalem, first missed the boy Jesus (Luke 2:44); and it is now the halting place of caravans going north. 9. _Bethel_, "the house of God" (now _Beitin_), 10 miles north, is a place of many Scriptural associations. Here Abraham pitched his tent and built his altar, on his entrance upon the Land of Promise (Gen 12:8); here Jacob lay down to rest and saw the glorious vision of the heavenly ladder (Gen. 28:11-22), and on his return from Syria again consecrated the place to God's service. (Gen. 35:6-15.) During the period of the Ten Tribes it was a sanctuary of idols, but also the seat of a prophetic school. (1 Kings 12:29-33; 2 Kings 2:2, 3.) It is now an uninhabited ruin. 10. East of Bethel, and 11 miles north of Jerusalem, is the rock _Rimmon_ (now _Rummon_), where the remnant of the tribe of Benjamin found a refuge after the civil war. (Judges 20, 21.) 11. Two miles north of Rimmon is the site of _Ophrah_, in the New Testament _Ephraim_, the retreat of Jesus after the raising of Lazarus. (John 11:54.) It is in a wilderness, on the edge of the Jordan Valley, and outside the line of travel; now called _et Taiyibeh_.