Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
ibeon
Gib'eon. (hill city). One of the four cities of the Hivites, the inhabitants of which made a league with Joshua, Joshua 9:3-15, and thus, escaped the fate of Jericho and Ai. Compare Joshua 11:19. Gibeon lay within the territory of Benjamin, Joshua 18:25, and with its "suburbs," was allotted to the priests, Joshua 21:17, of whom it became afterwards, a principal station. It retains its ancient name almost intact, el-Jib. Its distance from Jerusalem by the main road is about 6 1/2 miles; but there is a more direct road reducing it to five miles.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'ibeon'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/i/ibeon.html. 1901.