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GIBEONITES , the inhabitants of See also:

GIBEON

Gibeon, an Amorite or Hivite stronghold, the See also:

MODERN

modern El-Jib, 5 M. N.W. from See also:

Jerusalem. According to See also:

JOSHUA, BOOK OF

Joshua xviii. 25 it was one of the cities of See also:

Benjamin. When the Israelites, under Joshua, invaded See also:

CANAAN, CANAANITES

Canaan, the Gibeonites by a crafty ruse escaped the See also:

FATE

fate of See also:

JERICHO (WI:, m;, once ahn:, a word of disputed meaning, whether " fragrant " or " moon [-god] city ")

Jericho and Ai and secured See also:

PROTECTION

protection from the invaders (Joshua ix.). See also:

CHEYNE, THOMAS KELLY (1841— )

Cheyne thinks this See also:

story the See also:

ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt of a later See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age to explain the See also:

long See also:

independence of Gibeon and the use of the Gibeonites as slaves in See also:

Solomon's See also:

temple. An attempt on the See also:

PART

part of See also:

SAUL (Heb. shd'ul, " asked ")

Saul to exterminate the See also:

CLAN (Gaelic clann, O. Ir. cland, connected with Lat. planta, shoot or scion, the ancient Gaelic or Goidelic substituting k for p)

clan is mentioned in 2 Sam. xxi., and this slaughter may possibly be identified with the See also:

MASSACRE

massacre at See also:

NOB

Nob recorded in r Sam. xxii. 17-19 (see Ency. Bib. See also:

col. 1717), The See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place is also associated with the murders of Asahel (2 Sam. ii. 12), Amasa (2 Sam. xx. 8) and Gedaliah (Jer. xli.

12), and with the wrathful intervention of Yahweh referred to by See also:

Isaiah (See also:

XXVIII

xxviii. 21), which we may identify with the memorable victory of See also:

David over the See also:

PHILISTINES

Philistines recorded in 2 Sam. v. 25 (See also:

READING

reading Gibeon for Geba). Gibcon was the seat of an old Canaanitish See also:

SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary afterwards used by the Israelites; it was here that Solomon, immediately after his See also:

CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation, went to consult the oracles and had the See also:

DREAM (from a root dreug, connected with Germ. trugen, to deceive)

dream in which he See also:

CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose the See also:

GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of See also:

WISDOM, BOOK OF, or WISDOM OF SOLOMON (Sept. Io4ia IaXwµwvos; Lat. Vulg. Liber sapientiae)

wisdom (1 See also:

KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings iii.).

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