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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 938 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GIBEON , a See also:

town in See also:Palestine whose inhabitants wrested a truce from See also:Joshua by a See also:trick (Josh. ix., x.); where the champions of See also:David fought those of Ish-bosheth (2 Sam. ii. 12-32); where See also:Joab murdered Amasa (ib. xx. 8-1o); and where Johanan went against See also:Ishmael to avenge the See also:murder of Gedaliah (Jer. xli. 12). Here was an important high See also:place (r See also:Kings iii. 4) where for a See also:time the See also:tabernacle was deposited (2 Chron. i. 3). The See also:present name is El-Jib; this is a small See also:village about 5 M. N.W. of See also:Jerusalem, See also:standing on an isolated See also:hill above a See also:flat See also:corn valley. The village is famous for its springs, and the reputation seems See also:ancient (cf. 2 Sam. ii. 13; Jer. xli.

12). The See also:

principal See also:spring issues from under a cliff on the See also:south-See also:east See also:side of the hill, and the See also:water runs to a. See also:reservoir See also:lower down. The sides of the hill are rocky, and remarkable for the See also:regular stratification of the See also:limestone, which gives the hill at a distance the See also:appearance of being terraced. Scattered See also:olive groves surround the place. (R. A. S.

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