Gibeon

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(lofty hill). A Hivite city of Canaan, given to Levites ({vi 6041-6053;6077-6078;6399}Josh. 9:3-15; 10:12-13; 21:17; {vi 8062-8074;8563-8565}2 Sam. 2:12-24; 20:8-10). Tabernacle set up there (1 Chron. 16:39; {vi 8821-8822;9054}1 Kings 3:4-5; 9:2; {vi 11198;11208}2 Chron. 1:3,13; {vi 19970-19974}Jer. 41:12-16).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

The leading city of the four which beguiled Joshua into making a league with them, on the plea of their being far distant ({vi 6041-6055}Josh. 9:3-17). When the Amorites attacked Gibeon, because they had made peace with Israel, Joshua hastened to their deliverance, and to lengthen the daylight he said, “Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon” ({vi 6066-6106}Josh. 10:1-41). The city was afterward given to Benjamin and made a Levitical city (Josh. 18:25; Josh. 21:17). In the days of Solomon, before the temple was built, the tabernacle was pitched at Gibeon, and thither Solomon went and offered a thousand sacrifices, and there God appeared to him in a dream, and gave him the desire of his heart—wisdom and understanding ({vi 8821-8822}1 Kings 3:4-5; 1 Chron. 16:39; 1 Chron. 21:29; {vi 11198;11208}2 Chron. 1:3,13). It was near “the great stone” in Gibeon that Joab treacherously slew Amasa; and in retribution it was to the same city he fled to lay hold on the horns of the altar for protection, but where he was put to death ({vi 8563-8565}2 Sam. 20:8-10; {vi 8800-8805}1 Kings 2:29-34). Identified with el Jib, 31° 51' N, 35° 11' E, a village of scattered houses on a hill. On one side of the hill is a copious spring, and lower down the remains of a large reservoir, which is thought to be the “pool” of Gibeon and its “great waters” (2 Sam. 2:13; {vi 19970;19974}Jer. 41:12,16). In 1 Chronicles 16 we read that David smote the Philistines “from Gibeon even to Gazer”; but in the parallel passage in 2 Samuel 5:25 it says, David smote them “from Geba” to Gazer. Keil and others think Gibeon is the place intended.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:
1391 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)
Transliteration:
Gib`own
Phonic:
ghib-ohn’
Meaning:
from the same as 1387; hilly; Gibon, a place in Palestine
KJV Usage:
Gibeon

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

little hill: hilly

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

A great hill; hilly; hill-city:―a place in Palestine, 1 Chron. 14:16. {Collis magnus}