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Encyclopedia Britannica



GIBEON

This article appears in Volume V11, Page 938 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GEO-GNU
GIBEON , a town in Palestine whose inhabitants wrested a truce from Joshua by a
trick
  (Josh. ix., x.); where the champions of
David
  fought those of Ish-bosheth (2 Sam. ii. 12-32); where Joab murdered Amasa (ib. xx. 8-1o); and where Johanan went against
Ishmael
  to avenge the murder of Gedaliah (Jer. xli. 12).
Here was an important high place (r Kings iii. 4) where for a time the tabernacle was deposited (2 Chron. i. 3). The present name is El-Jib; this is a small
village
  about 5 M. N.W. of Jerusalem,
standing
  on an isolated hill above a flat corn valley. The
village
  is famous for its springs, and the reputation seems ancient (cf. 2 Sam. ii. 13; Jer. xli. 12). The principal
spring
  issues from under a cliff on the
south
 -
east
  side of the hill, and the water runs to a. reservoir lower down. The sides of the hill are rocky, and remarkable for the regular stratification of the limestone, which gives the hill at a distance the
appearance
  of being terraced. Scattered olive groves surround the place. (R. A. S. M.)


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