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Gibeon
People's Dictionary of the Bible
or Gibeon (gĭb'e-on), of a hill. A city of the Hivites, Joshua 9:3-21, about six miles north of Jerusalem. Near it Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, Joshua 10:12-13; Isaiah 28:21; the city was given to Benjamin and to the Levites, Joshua 18:25; Joshua 21:17; it was the scene of a notable battle, 2 Samuel 2:12-24; 2 Samuel 20:8-10; of the hanging of seven of Saul's sons, 2 Samuel 21:1-6; the tabernacle was set up at Gibeon, 1 Chronicles 16:39; and Solomon offered great sacrifices there, 1 Kings 3:4-5; 1 Kings 9:2; 2 Chronicles 1:3; 2 Chronicles 1:13; Jehoram recovered captives at Gibeon, Jeremiah 41:12-16; its people helped to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem after the captivity, Nehemiah 3:7; Nehemiah 7:25; Ezra 2:20, margin. It is now called el-Jib.
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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Gibeon'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/rpd/g/gibeon.html. 1893.
