Gibbethon
City · today: now Qibya
A height, a city of the Philistines in the territory of Dan, given to the Kohathites (Josh. 19:44; 21:23). Nadab the king of Israel, while besieging it, was slain under its walls by Baasha, one of his own officers (1 Kings 15:27). It was in the possession of the Philistines after the secession of the ten tribes (2 Chr. 11:13, 14).
Named in 5 verses
- Joshua 19:44 Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath,
- Joshua 21:23 Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
- 1 Kings 15:27 Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and
- 1 Kings 16:15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Phili
- 1 Kings 16:17 Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.