Gibeon (Hebrew: גִּבְעוֹן ‎, romanized: Giḇəʻōn; Ancient Greek: Γαβαων, romanized: Gabaōn) [1] was a Canaanite and later an Israelite city, which was located north of Jerusalem. According …

Terrified by the fate of Jericho and Ai, a company disguised as ambassadors from a far country, their garments and shoes worn, and their provisions moldy as from the length of their journey, …

Feb 18, 2025 · Gibeon (“Hill City”) was slated for destruction along with all the other cities of Canaan as God judged the pagans by means of the people of Israel. After the Israelites, under …

Nov 10, 2022 · The ruins of Gibeon are well known (Al Jib), and they indicate that Gibeon was only about half the size of et-Tell. This would therefore infer the diametric opposite of Joshua …

Joshua 10:1 Now it happened when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai …

GIBEON. gib'-e-un (gibh`on): One of the royal cities of the Hivites . It was a greater city than Ai; and its inhabitants were reputed mighty men (Joshua 10:2). It fell within the territory allotted to …

Oct 31, 2022 · The Gibeonites were a group of people, descended from the Amorites (2 Samuel 21:2). They are described in Joshua 9 as people who deceived the Israelites in order to protect …

GIBEON gĭb’ ĭ ən (גִּבְעֹ֖ון, LXX Γαβαών, meaning hill). A city about six m. NW of Jerusalem. 1. Biblical record. Gibeon is first mentioned in connection with Joshua’s assault on the hill …

Nov 12, 2018 · Modern-day visitors to the pictuesque Palestinian village of Al-Jib can explore the hilltop site of ancient Gibeon, and look south across the Valley of Gibeon to the mosque and …

One of the four cities of the Hivites, the inhabitants of which made a league with Joshua, Jos 9:3-15, and thus, escaped the fate of Jericho and Ai. Compare Jos 11:19. Gibeon lay within the …