Where are the gibeonites today?
According to Joshua 10:12 and Joshua 11:19, the pre-Israelite-conquest inhabitants, the Gibeonites, were Hivites; according to 2 Samuel 21:2 they were Amorites. The remains of Gibeon are located in the southern portion of the Palestinian village of al-Jib.
After Joshua makes a pact with the Gibeonites, their true identity comes to light: Instead of voyaging from a foreign land, they turn out to be a Canaanite population residing in Israel's “midst.” When summoned to give account for their actions, the Gibeonites explain that they feared for their lives since they knew ...
Gibeon, modern al-Jīb, important town of ancient Palestine, located northwest of Jerusalem.
During the reign of David, there was a famine for three successive years; so David sought the face of the LORD. The LORD said, "It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death." The king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them.
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In essence: (i) the Gibeonites are not killed, because the leaders of the Israelite community had given an oath in the name of God (verses 18–20); and (ii) though the Gibeonites are protected, they are condemned to be hewers of wood and drawers of water, and they are cursed (verses 21–23).
/ (ˈɡɪbɪən) / noun. an ancient town of Palestine: the excavated site thought to be its remains lies about 9 kilometres (6 miles) northwest of Jerusalem.
On the day the LORD gave the Amorites over to Israel, Joshua said to the LORD in the presence of Israel: "O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon." So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself on its enemies, as it is written in the Book of Jashar.
Gideon was of the tribe of Manasseh (one of the sons of Joseph) but is also given two other names, Jerubbaal, and Jerubbesheth. Jerubbaal means "Baal will contend," and Jerubbesheth incorporates "shame" in the name.
Thus, the 1978 Al-Mawsu'at Al-Filastinniya (Palestinian encyclopedia) asserted, "The Palestinians [are] the descendants of the Jebusites, who are of Arab origin", and described Jerusalem as "an Arab city because its first builders were the Canaanite Jebusites, whose descendants are the Palestinians."
What happens to the Gibeonites?
The drought was then revealed to be divine judgement against King Saul's decision to completely exterminate the Gibeonites (2 Samuel 21:1), in his "zeal for Israel and Judah". The blame for this genocide is also attributed to Saul's family.
By the time of the events in Joshua 9, the Israelites' fame was spreading through the land. One group of people, the Gibeonites, decided to trick the Israelites into making a peace treaty with them. Without asking the Lord for His approval, the Israelites made the treaty.
After the Ark was captured by the Philistines, King Saul moved the tabernacle to Nob, near his home town of Gibeah, but after he massacred the priests there (1 Samuel 21–22), it was moved to Gibeon, a Yahwist hill-shrine (1 Chronicles 16:39; 21:29; 2 Chronicles 1:2–6, 13).
The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for that was the most important high place, and Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. At Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon during the night in a dream, and God said, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you."
"High place", or "high places", (Hebrew במה bamah and plural במות bamot or bamoth) in a biblical context always means "place(s) of worship".
Amorites: A people descended from Emer, the fourth son of Canaan, according to the book of Genesis 10:16.
One group of people, the Gibeonites, decided to trick the Israelites into making a peace treaty with them. Without asking the Lord for His approval, the Israelites made the treaty. They were angry when they found out the Gibeonites had tricked them, but they still honored the agreement.
Amorites: A people descended from Emer, the fourth son of Canaan, according to the book of Genesis 10:16.
Thus, the 1978 Al-Mawsu'at Al-Filastinniya (Palestinian encyclopedia) asserted, "The Palestinians [are] the descendants of the Jebusites, who are of Arab origin", and described Jerusalem as "an Arab city because its first builders were the Canaanite Jebusites, whose descendants are the Palestinians."
The Hivites (Hebrew: חִוִּים Ḥīvvīm) were one group of descendants of Canaan, son of Ham, according to the Table of Nations in Genesis 10 (10:17).
