Gibeah

Gibeah

▪ ancient city, Israel
modern  Tall al-Fūl 

      ancient town of the Israelite tribe of Benjamin, located just north of Jerusalem. The site, severely denuded by wind and rain, was partly excavated by William F. Albright in 1922 and 1933. A summit fortress had originally been built in the Middle Bronze Age (c. 2000–1550 BC) and was reconstructed in the 12th–11th centuries BC. It was finally replaced by an imposing citadel during the time of King Saul (10th century BC) when it served as the first “royal” residence of Israel. Later becoming insignificant, it was finally destroyed at the time of the first Jewish revolt, AD 70.

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  • GIBEAH, GEBA — (Heb. גֶּבַע ,גִּבְעָה; hill ), a central city in the territory of Benjamin and the royal capital at the time of Saul. It was situated on the main road from Judah to Mount Ephraim (Judg. 19:11–13), near the Jerusalem–Shechem road. The territory… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Gibeah of Phinehas —    (Josh. 15:57, R.V. marg.), a city on Mount Ephraim which had been given to Phinehas (24:33 hill, A.V.; R.V. marg. and Heb., Gibeah. ). Here Eleazar the son of Aaron was buried. It has been identified with the modern Khurbet Jibia, 5 miles… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • Gibeah-haaraloth —    (Josh. 5:3, marg.), hill of the foreskins, a place at Gilgal where those who had been born in the wilderness were circumcised. All the others, i.e., those who were under twenty years old at the time of the sentence at Kadesh, had already been… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • Gibeah of Judah —    (Josh. 15:57), a city in the mountains of Judah, the modern Jeba, on a hill in the Wady Musurr, about 7 1/2 miles west south west of Bethlehem …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • Battle of Gibeah — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle at Gibeah partof= Book of Judges caption= A Levite and his wife are given lodging in the city of Gibeah. date=Sometimes between 1200 1000 b.c., at the time of Israelite judges place=Gibeah, Canaan casus=… …   Wikipedia

  • Judges 20 — 1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. 2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel,… …   The King James version of the Bible

  • Saul —    Asked for.    1) A king of Edom (Gen. 36:37, 38); called Shaul in 1 Chr. 1:48.    2) The son of Kish (probably his only son, and a child of prayer, asked for ), of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of the Jewish nation. The singular… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

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