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Gibeah (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ b i ə /; Hebrew: גִּבְעָה Gīḇəʿā; Hebrew: גִּבְעַת Gīḇəʿaṯ) is the name of three places mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, in the tribes of Benjamin, Judah, and Ephraim respectively. [1] Gibeah of Benjamin, also Gibeah of Saul, is the most commonly mentioned of the places
The biblical story of the Concubine of the Hill from the Book of Judges, leading up to the battle of Gibeah , tells of a small family caravan journeying on the ridge route from Bethlehem towards Jerusalem. Gibeah is generally identified with Tell el-Fūl. [citation needed]
While a number of biblical place names like Jerusalem, Athens, Damascus, Alexandria, Babylon and Rome have been used for centuries, some have changed over the years. Many place names in the Land of Israel, Holy Land and Palestine are Arabised forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used during biblical times [1] [2] [3] or later Aramaic or Greek formations.
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.
A Levite from the mountains of Ephraim had a concubine, who left him and returned to the house of her father in Bethlehem in Judah. [2] Heidi M. Szpek observes that this story serves to support the institution of monarchy, and the choice of the locations of Ephraim (the ancestral home of Samuel, who anointed the first king) and Bethlehem (the home of King David) are not accidental.
In the incident of the Levite's concubine, the men of Gibeah raped a woman. The other Israelite tribes met at the Mizpah of Benjamin, where they decided to attack the Benjaminites for this grievous sin according to Judges 20:1–11. At the same time, the decision was made to ban marriage Benjaminite men and Israelite women. [6]
The Pool of Gibeon is a site in Gibeon mentioned a number of times in the Hebrew Bible. Archeological evidence locates the historical site of the pool in the village of Jib, in the West Bank Palestinian territories.
Judges 20:1 during the Battle of Gibeah at the end of the Book of Judges "Then all Israel from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came together as one and assembled before the LORD in Mizpah." 2. 1 Samuel 3:20 during the "Calling of Samuel" "And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the ...