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City of the Tribe of Benjamin
One of the cities of the tribe of Benjamin, located 5 km north of Jerusalem.
Judges 19:14So they went on and passed by, and the sun set when they were near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
Joshua 18:28Zelah), Eleph, Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeath and Kiriath—fourteen towns with their villages. These were the inheritance of the clans of Benjamin.
Period of the Judges
During the period of the Judges, the residents of Gibeah committed the sin of gang-raping a Levite's concubine. When the other tribes came out to punish these residents of Gibeah, the tribe of Benjamin protected them, leading to a civil war among the tribes of Israel.
Refer to Judges 19 and Judges 20.
Period of King Saul
Saul, who was from the tribe of Benjamin, made this area, which was also his tribal territory, his capital and ruled the nation.
1 Samuel 10:26Saul) also went to his home in Gibeah, and with him went valiant men whose hearts God had touched.
1 Samuel 22:6Now Saul) heard that David and his men had been discovered. And Saul) was sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill in Gibeah, with his spear in his hand, and all his officials were standing around him.
1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites) went up to Saul) at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horeb, on the hill of Hachilah, south of Jeshimon?
City of the Tribe of Judah
One of the cities allotted to the tribe of Judah.
Joshua 15:57Kain, Gibeah and Timnah)—ten towns with their villages.