Gibeon
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Gibeon (39 Occurrences)
... been regarded as "one of the most important in the history of the world." The kings
of southern Canaan entered into a confederacy against Gibeon (because it ...
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Makkedah (8 Occurrences)
... was brought into prominence by the flight thither of the 5 kings of the Amorites
who, having united their forces for the destruction of Gibeon, were themselves ...
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Maachah (19 Occurrences)
... who became the wife of Machir the Manassite, the "father" of Gilead (1 Chronicles
7:12, 15 f). (7) Wife of Jeiel, the "father" of Gibeon, an ancestress of King ...
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Je-i'el (11 Occurrences)
... See RSV). 1 Chronicles 8:29 In Gibeon there lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel,
whose wife's name was Maacah; (See RSV). 1 Chronicles ...
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Jeiel (13 Occurrences)
... NIV). 1 Chronicles 8:29 In Gibeon there lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel,
whose wife's name was Maacah; (WEB JPS ASV BBE NAS NIV). 1 ...
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Wife's (21 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 8:29 In Gibeon there lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's
name was Maacah; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS NIV). ...
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Ma'acah (22 Occurrences)
... Rakem. (See RSV). 1 Chronicles 8:29 In Gibeon there lived the father of
Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah; (See RSV). 1 ...
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Beeroth (7 Occurrences)
... The town was reckoned to Benjamin (2 Samuel 4:2 f). Eusebius, Onomasticon places
it under Gibeon, 7 Roman miles from Jerusalem on the way to Nicopolis (Amwas). ...
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Ammah (2 Occurrences)
... It lay to the east of Gibeon. Int. ... It "lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness
of Gibeon"; but the exact location has not been identified. ...
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Helkath-hazzurim (1 Occurrence)
... Abner gathered all the forces at his command and marched to Gibeon, with the
object of wresting Judah from David. Joab had the command ...
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Helkathhazzurim (1 Occurrence)
... Abner gathered all the forces at his command and marched to Gibeon, with the
object of wresting Judah from David. Joab had the command ...
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Maacah (30 Occurrences)
... who became the wife of Machir the Manassite, the "father" of Gilead (1 Chronicles
7:12, 15 f). (7) Wife of Jeiel, the "father" of Gibeon, an ancestress of King ...
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Bethhoron (12 Occurrences)
... Between the two places was the ascent and descent of Beth-horon, leading from Gibeon
down to the western plain (Joshua 10:10, 11; 18:13, 14), down which the ...
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Beth-horon (12 Occurrences)
... Between the two places was the ascent and descent of Beth-horon, leading from Gibeon
down to the western plain (Joshua 10:10, 11; 18:13, 14), down which the ...
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Jehiel (17 Occurrences)
... (1.) The father of Gibeon (1 Chronicles 9:35). ... 1 Chronicles 9:35 And in Gibeon dwelt
the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah: (KJV WBS YLT). ...
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Geba (22 Occurrences)
... The hill, (2 Samuel 5:25 [1 Chronicles 14:16, "Gibeon"]; 2 Kings 23:8; Nehemiah
11:31), a Levitical city of Benjamin (1 Kings 15:22; 1 Samuel 13:16; 14:5 ...
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Ramah (38 Occurrences)
... (3) Codex Vaticanus Rhama; Codex Alexandrinus Iama, and other forms: A city in the
territory of Benjamin named between Gibeon and Beeroth (Joshua 18:25). ...
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Abishai (25 Occurrences)
... killing of Saul when they came upon the sleeping king (1 Samuel 26:6-9). In the
skirmish between the men of Ishbosheth and the men of David at Gibeon, in which ...
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Asahel (17 Occurrences)
... When fighting against Ish-bosheth at Gibeon, in the army of his brother Joab, he
was put to death by Abner, whom he pursued from the field of battle (2 Samuel 2 ...
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Mizpeh (24 Occurrences)
... Ishmael departed to go east. From Tell Nasbeh this would never have brought him
to the great waters that are in Gibeon (PEFS, 1898, 169, 251; 1903, 267). ...
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Jadon (1 Occurrence)
... ja'-don (yadhon, perhaps "he will judge" or "plead"): One who helped to rebuild
the wall of Jerusalem in company with the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah (Nehemiah ...
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Jarmuth (7 Occurrences)
... Shephelah (Joshua 15:35) of Judah whose "king," Piram, joined the league of the
"five kings" against Joshua (Joshua 10:3-5), was defeated at Gibeon and slain ...
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Gibeonite (2 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 3:7 Next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite,
the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, that appertained to the throne of the ...
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Territory (140 Occurrences)
... historic, frontier is that which traverses the Vale of Ajalon, follows the
Beth-horon pass, and, after crossing the central plateau near el Jib (Gibeon) and ...
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Dagger (6 Occurrences)
... fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down
together: therefore that place was called Helkath Hazzurim, which is in Gibeon...
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Defeated (88 Occurrences)
... Joshua 10:10 Yahweh confused them before Israel, and he killed them with a great
slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth Horon ...
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Goshen (16 Occurrences)
... (2.) A district in Palestine (Joshua 10:41; 11:16). It was a part of the
maritime plain of Judah, and lay between Gaza and Gibeon. ...
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Be-er'oth (8 Occurrences)
... Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim.
(See RSV). Joshua 18:25 Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, (See RSV). ...
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Chephirah (4 Occurrences)
... It is represented by the modern Kefireh, to the Southwest of Gibeon, and North of
Karyat el-`Anab. It stands on high ground, with many ancient remains. ...
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Abdon (8 Occurrences)
... He is probably the Bedan of 1 Samuel 12:11. (2.) The first-born of Gibeon
of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:30; 9:36). (3 ...
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Ajalon (10 Occurrences)
... With reference to the valley named after the town, Joshua uttered the celebrated
command, "Sun, stand thou still on Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of ...
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Abi'shai (25 Occurrences)
... and Abishai pursued after Abner; and the sun went down when they were come to the
hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. ...
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Amasa (13 Occurrences)
... When Amasa met Joab at Gibeon, the latter murdered him while pretending to salute
(2 Samuel 20:8-10 1 Kings 2:5). (2) Son of Hadlai, of the Bene 'Ephrayim ...
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Adoni-zedek (4 Occurrences)
... the fall of Ai and the submission of the Gibeonites, he entered into a league with
four other kings to resist Joshua and Israel, and to punish Gibeon (Joshua 10 ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/adoni-zedek.htm - 8k

Azzur (3 Occurrences)
... az'-ur (`azzur, "helpful"): (1) The father of Hananiah, a false prophet of Gibeon
in the days of Zedekiah (Jeremiah 28:1). (2) One of those who, with Nehemiah ...
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Abner (54 Occurrences)
... A battle fatal to Abner, who was the leader of Ish-boseth's army, was fought
with David's army under Joab at Gibeon (2 Samuel 2:12). ...
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Shimeah (4 Occurrences)
... (1.) One of David's brothers (2 Samuel 13:3); same as Shimea (4). (2.) A Benjamite,
a descendant of Gibeon (1 Chronicles 8:32); called also Shimeam (9:38). ...
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Jo'ab (120 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 2:13 Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and
met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, the one on the one side of ...
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Treaty (25 Occurrences)
... taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king,
so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made ...
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Hivites (24 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary One of the original tribes scattered over Palestine,
from Hermon to Gibeon in the south. The name is interpreted ...
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Mizpah (42 Occurrences)
... It was some 4 miles north-west of Jerusalem, and was situated on the loftiest hill
in the neighbourhood, some 600 feet above the plain of Gibeon. ...
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Ai (32 Occurrences)
... Joshua 9:3 But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho
and to Ai, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Nethani'ah (20 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 41:12 and they take all the men, and go to fight with Ishmael son of Nethaniah,
and they find him at the great waters that 'are' in Gibeon. (See RSV). ...
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Royal (154 Occurrences)
... literally, statute of a malka', which is the emphatic Aramaic term for melekh,
"king" (Daniel 6:7); (2) mamlakhah, "the power and dignity of a king," "Gibeon...
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Inhabitants (254 Occurrences)
... Joshua 9:3 But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done
to Jericho and to Ai, (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). ...
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Zadok (50 Occurrences)
... Zion, when Zodak was appointed to officiate at Gibeon, while Abiathar, it is presumed,
ministered in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 15:11; 1 Chronicles 16:39). ...
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Anem (1 Occurrence)
... Joshua 10: Combination of 5 kings of the Amorites to punish the inhabitants of Gibeon
for their defection, and defeat and rout of the kings by Joshua at Beth ...
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Hivite (25 Occurrences)
... the Septuagint (Codex Alexandrinus) reading must be right in Genesis 34:2 and Joshua
9:7, which makes the inhabitants of Shechem and Gibeon Horites instead of ...
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Battle (282 Occurrences)
... An embassy was therefore sent from Gibeon, their chief city, and Joshua and the
Israelites, believing that it came from a distant land not under the Ban ...
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Overcame (84 Occurrences)
... orders. (BBE). Joshua 10:41 Joshua overcame them from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza,
and all the land of Goshen as far as Gibeon. (BBE). Joshua ...
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Kiriath-jearim (17 Occurrences)
... (2) It should not be too far removed from the other cities of the Gibeonites-Gibeon,
Chephirah and Beeroth-but those places, which are all identified, are ...
biblethesaurus.org/k/kiriath-jearim.htm - 19k

Nethaniah (20 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 41:12 then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son
of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon. ...
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Important (39 Occurrences)
... Joshua 10:2 that they were very afraid, because Gibeon was a great city, as one
of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were ...
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Mountain (298 Occurrences)
... (3) The common Hebrew word for "hill" is gibh`ah = Gibeah (Judges 19:12); compare
Geba, gebha` (1 Samuel 13:3); Gibeon, gib`on (Joshua 9:3), from root gabha ...
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Smiteth (156 Occurrences)
... Joshua 10:10 and Jehovah doth crush them before Israel, and it smiteth them -- a
great smiting -- at Gibeon, and pursueth them the way of the ascent of Beth ...
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Lachish (22 Occurrences)
... They were defeated in the remarkable battle at Gibeon, and the five confederate
kings were captured and put to death at Makkedah (Joshua 10 passim; Joshua 12:11 ...
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Ish'mael (40 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 41:12 and they take all the men, and go to fight with Ishmael son of Nethaniah,
and they find him at the great waters that 'are' in Gibeon. (See RSV). ...
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David (1052 Occurrences)
... The first encounter between the two opposing armies, led on the one side by Abner,
and on the other by Joab, took place at the pool of Gibeon. ...
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Attacking (73 Occurrences)
... (BBE). 2 Samuel 5:25 And David did as the Lord had said; and he overcame the
Philistines, attacking them from Gibeon to near Gezer. (BBE). ...
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Pursued (75 Occurrences)
... Joshua 10:10 and Jehovah doth crush them before Israel, and it smiteth them -- a
great smiting -- at Gibeon, and pursueth them the way of the ascent of Beth ...
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Joab (128 Occurrences)
... Joab seems to have accompanied Abishai; and when Amasa meets them at Gibeon,
Joab, on pretense of kissing his rival, kills him. ...
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Hananiah (28 Occurrences)
... (5) Grandfather of the officer of the guard which apprehended Jeremiah on a charge
of desertion (Jeremiah 37:13). (6) A false prophet of Gibeon, son of Azzur ...
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Assembled (186 Occurrences)
... the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, assembled themselves,
and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made ...
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Vision (106 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 3:5 In Gibeon, Solomon had a vision of the Lord in a dream by night;
and God said to him, Say what I am to give you. (BBE). ...
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Pool (25 Occurrences)
... Mention is made of the pool of Gibeon (2 Samuel 2:13); the pool of Hebron (4:12);
the upper pool at Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:17; 20:20); the pool of Samaria (1 ...
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Forces (123 Occurrences)
... of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together,
and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped against Gibeon, and made ...
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Joshua (211 Occurrences)
... (1.) The miracle of the standing still of the sun and moon on Gibeon. ...Gibeon,
however, was the chief, and acted in the name of the others. ...
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Amorite (81 Occurrences)
... of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together,
and went up, they and all their armies, and encamped against Gibeon, and made ...
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Hebron (71 Occurrences)
... he raised the standard of revolt (2 Samuel 15:7 f). Josephus mistakenly places here
the dream of Solomon (Ant., VIII, ii, 1) which occurred at Gibeon (1 Kings 3 ...
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Joined (146 Occurrences)
... of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together,
and went up, they and all their armies, and encamped against Gibeon, and made ...
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Amorites (82 Occurrences)
... of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together,
and went up, they and all their armies, and encamped against Gibeon, and made ...
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Tabernacle (333 Occurrences)
... by Moses in the wilderness was transferred to Nob (1 Samuel 21:1), and after the
destruction of that city by Saul (22:9; 1 Chronicles 16:39, 40), to Gibeon. ...
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Hanging (82 Occurrences)
... NAS RSV NIV). 2 Samuel 20:8 When they were at the great stone which is
in Gibeon, Amasa came face to face with them. Now Joab had ...
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Smote (281 Occurrences)
... Joshua 10:10 And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great
slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/smote.htm - 39k

Ishmael (44 Occurrences)
... Ishmael's unheard-of actions, they immediately pursued the desperate adventurer
and overtook him by the "great waters that are in Gibeon." Unfortunately, they ...
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Hoham (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Jehovah impels, the king of Hebron who joined the league
against Gibeon. He and his allies were defeated (Joshua 10:3, 5, 16-27). ...
biblethesaurus.org/h/hoham.htm - 7k

Sides (170 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 2:13 And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out
and came face to face with them by the pool of Gibeon; and they took up their ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/sides.htm - 38k

Driving (144 Occurrences)
... Joshua 10:10 And the Lord made them full of fear before Israel, and they put great
numbers of them to death at Gibeon, and went after them by the way going up ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/driving.htm - 37k

95 (2 Occurrences)
... 95 (2 Occurrences). Ezra 2:20 The children of Gibbar, ninety-five. (See NAS NIV).
Nehemiah 7:25 The children of Gibeon, ninety-five. (See NAS NIV). ...
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