גִּבְעוֹן

n.pr.loc.—ג׳ Jos 9:17 +; c. ָה loc., גִּבְע֫וֹנָה 2 S 12 cf. 1 K 3:4;—Levitical city in tribe of Benjamin; formerly inhabited by Hivites Jos 9:17; 10:2, 4, 5, 10, 12, 41; 11:19; 18:25; 21:17 2 S 2:12, 13 (pool of Gibeon) v 16; 3:30; 20:8 Je 28:1; 41:12 (great waters which are in Gibeon) v 16 1 Ch 14:16; vid. especially יוֹשְׁבֵי ג׳, אַנְשֵׁי ג׳ Jos 9:3 (called Hivites 9:7) 10:1, 6; 11:19 Ne 3:7, so בְּנֵי ג׳ Ne 7:25 (= בְּנֵי גִבָּר Ezr 2:20, v. גִּבָּר); cf. also as n.pr.m. 1 Ch 8:29 וּבְגִבְעוֹן יָֽשְׁבוּ אֲבִי גִבְעוֹן = 9:35; cf. מִדְבַּר ג׳ 2 S 2:24, עֵמֶק בְּג׳ Is 28:21; it was the site of a great Bamah 1 K 3:4, 5; 9:2, where was ‘the tabernacle of Yahweh in the high place’ according to 1 Ch 16:39, cf. 21:29 2 Ch 1:3, 13.