gibbethon Summary and Overview

a height, a city of the Philistines in the territory of Dan, given to the Kohathites (Josh. 19:44; 21:23). Nadab the king of Israel, while besieging it, was slain under its walls by Baasha, one of his own officers (1 Kings 15:27). It was in the possession of the Philistines after the secession of the ten tribes (2 Chr. 11:13, 14).

(a hill), a town allotted to the tribe of Dan, #Jos 19:44| and afterwards given with its "suburbs" to the Kohathite Levites. ch. #Jos 21:23|

GIB'BETHON (height), a town of Dan: given to the Kohathites, Josh 19:44; Josh 21:23; held by the Philistines in the reigns of Jeroboam, Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, and Omri. 1 Kgs 15:27; 1 Kgs 16:17. The siege lasted 27 years. Conder proposes to identify it with Gibbieh or Kibbieh, between Eltekah and Baalath.

("lofty place".) A town allotted to Dan (Joshua 19:44), afterwards to the Kohathite Levites (Joshua 21:23). As bordering on the Philistines, it was soon seized by them, probably when Jeroboam drove all the Levites from northern Israel to Judah. Nadab with all Israel, and afterward Omri, besieged it (1 Kings 15:27; 1 Kings 16:17). Baasha smote Nadab there.