Gibeon
Gibeon appears in 39 verses of the Bible, from Joshua to Jeremiah.
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- Near El Jib, 9 km northwest of Jerusalem
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Gibeon, 'hill', a strategic Benjaminite city, is known for the treaty with Joshua, the miracle of the stopped sun, and where Solomon asked God for wisdom, highlighting divine faithfulness and justice.
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But when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
Joshua 9:3 · Read the chapter -
One day Abner led Ishbosheth’s troops from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
2 Samuel 2:12 · Read the chapter -
The most important of these places of worship was at Gibeon, so the king went there and sacrificed 1,000 burnt offerings.
1 Kings 3:4 · Read the chapter -
And from the territory of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, each with its pasturelands. So thirteen towns were given to the descendants of Aaron.
1 Chronicles 6:60 · Read the chapter -
Then he led the entire assembly to the place of worship in Gibeon, for God’s Tabernacle was located there. (This was the Tabernacle that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had made in the wilderness.)
2 Chronicles 1:3 · Read the chapter -
Next to them were Melatiah from Gibeon, Jadon from Meronoth, people from Gibeon, and people from Mizpah, the headquarters of the governor of the province west of the Euphrates River.
Nehemiah 3:7 · Read the chapter
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