גִּבְעוֹן

גִּבְעוֺן proper name, of a location — ׳ג Jos 9,17 +; with ָ  ה locative; גִּבְע֫וֺנָה 2 Sam 2,12 compare 1 Kong 3,4 — Levitical city in tribe of Benjamin; formerly inhabited by Hivites Jos 9,17; Jos 10,2; Jos 10,4; Jos 10,5; Jos 10,10; Jos 10,12; Jos 10,41; Jos 11,19; Jos 18,25; Jos 21,17; 2 Sam 2,12; 2 Sam 2,13 (pool of Gibeon) v2 Sam 2,16; 2 Sam 3,30; 2 Sam 20,8; Jer 28,1; Jer 41,12 (great waters which are in Gibeon) vJer 41,16; 1 Kron 14,16 see especially ׳יוֺשְׁבַי ג, ׳אַנְשֵׁי ג Jos 9,3, (called Hivites Jos 9,7) Jos 10,1; Jos 10,6; Jos 11,19; Neh 3,7, so ׳בְּנֵי ג Neh 7,25 (= בְּנֵי גִבָּר Ezr 2,20, see גִּבָּר); compare also as proper name, masculine 1 Kron 8,29 וּבְגִבְעוֺן יָָֽשְׁבו אֲבִי גִבְעוֺן = 1 Kron 9,35 compare ׳מִדְבַּר ג 2 Sam 2,24, ׳עֵמֶק בְּג Es 28,21 it was the site of great Bamah 1 Kong 3,4; 1 Kong 3,5; 1 Kong 9,2, where was 'the tabernacle of Yahweh in the high place' according to 1 Kron 16,39 compare 1 Kron 21,20; 2 Kron 1,13 (twice in verse).