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Where is Gibeon in the Bible?

Gibeon was a significant city in ancient Israel, located in the territory of Benjamin, about 6 miles northwest of Jerusalem. Gibeon appears in 27 verses across 8 books of the Bible.

What happened at Gibeon?

Gibeon was a significant city in ancient Israel, located in the territory of Benjamin, about 6 miles northwest of Jerusalem. It was inhabited by Hivites, a Canaanite people group. When Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan, the Gibeonites tricked them into making a peace treaty by pretending to be from a distant land (Joshua 9:3-15). Despite the deception, Joshua honored the treaty when the truth was discovered. Gibeon's importance is underscored by the fact that its king, Hoham, led a coalition of five Amorite kings against Israel (Joshua 10:1-5). In response, Joshua asked God for the sun to stand still during the ensuing battle, allowing Israel to defeat the coalition (Joshua 10:12-14). After the conquest, Gibeon was allotted to the tribe of Benjamin and designated as a Levitical city (Joshua 18:25, 21:17). The tabernacle was set up at Gibeon for a period, and it became a major worship center (1Ch.16.39, 21:29).

Definition text: STEPBible · Tyndale House Cambridge. Licensed CC BY 4.0. Lightly edited for length and formatting.

Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.

Where does Gibeon appear in the Bible?

Gibeon is referenced in 27 verses across 8 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

Joshua 101 Chronicles 51 Kings 32 Samuel 32 Chronicles 2Nehemiah 2Isaiah 1Jeremiah 1

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What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Gibeon.

SolomonJoshuaWifeDavidGezerTabernacle

Common questions

How many times does the Bible mention Gibeon?

Gibeon appears in 27 verses across 8 books, most often in Joshua, which accounts for 10 of them.

Which books of the Bible mention Gibeon?

Joshua, 1 Chronicles, 1 Kings, 2 Samuel, 2 Chronicles, Nehemiah, Isaiah, Jeremiah.

Where can I read every verse about Gibeon?

This page lists 24 of them. Protos carries all 27, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.

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