Gibeath

Town · also Gibeah

Location disputed Tel el Ful: about 5 km (3 miles, 28 furlongs) north of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Tel el Ful Possible
  • Abu Ghosh Less likely
  • Jaba Less likely
  • Khirbet el Mefjir Less likely
  • Tell es Sultan Less likely

Gibeah in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 1 Verse

  • Joshua 18:28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

Locations from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Terrain from Natural Earth and NASA SRTM.