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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Gerizim
     a mountain of Samaria, about 3,000 feet above the Mediterranean.
     It was on the left of the valley containing the ancient town of
     Shechem (q.v.), on the way to Jerusalem. It stood over against
     Mount Ebal, the summits of these mountains being distant from
     each other about 2 miles (Deut. 27; Josh. 8:30-35). On the


     slopes of this mountain the tribes descended from the handmaids
     of Leah and Rachel, together with the tribe of Reuben, were
     gathered together, and gave the responses to the blessing
     pronounced as the reward of obedience, when Joshua in the valley
     below read the whole law in the hearing of all the people; as
     those gathered on Ebal responded with a loud Amen to the
     rehearsal of the curses pronounced on the disobedient. It was
     probably at this time that the coffin containing the embalmed
     body of Joseph was laid in the "parcel of ground which Jacob
     bought of the sons of Hamor" (Gen. 33:19; 50:25).
     
       Josephus relates (Ant. 11:8, 2-4) that Sanballat built a
     temple for the Samaritans on this mountain, and instituted a
     priesthood, as rivals to those of the Jews at Jerusalem. This
     temple was destroyed after it had stood two hundred years. It
     was afterwards rebuilt by Herod the Great. There is a Samaritan
     tradition that it was the scene of the incident recorded in Gen.
     22. There are many ruins on this mountain, some of which are
     evidently of Christian buildings. To this mountain the woman of
     Sychar referred in John 4:20. For centuries Gerizim was the
     centre of political outbreaks. The Samaritans (q.v.), a small
     but united body, still linger here, and keep up their ancient
     ceremonial worship.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Gerizim, cutters, hatchets
  

















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