# Gibeon, Gibeonite

## Facts:

Gibeon was a city that was located about 13 kilometers northwest of Jerusalem. The people living in Gibeon were the Gibeonites.

* When the Gibeonites heard about how the Israelites had destroyed the cities of Jericho and Ai, they were afraid.
* So the Gibeonites came to the leaders of Israel at Gilgal and pretended to be people from a far-away country. 
* The Israelite leaders were deceived and made an agreement with the Gibeonites that they would protect them and not destroy them.

(See also: [Gilgal](../names/gilgal.md), [Jericho](../names/jericho.md), [Jerusalem](../names/jerusalem.md))

## Bible References:

* [1 Chronicles 08:29](rc://en/tn/help/1ch/08/29)
* [1 Kings 03:4-5](rc://en/tn/help/1ki/03/04)
* [2 Samuel 02:12-13](rc://en/tn/help/2sa/02/12)
* [Joshua 09:3-5](rc://en/tn/help/jos/09/03)

## Examples from the Bible stories:

* __[15:06](rc://en/tn/help/obs/15/06)__ But one of the Canaanite people groups, called the __Gibeonites__, lied to Joshua and said they were from a place far from Canaan.  
* __[15:07](rc://en/tn/help/obs/15/07)__ Sometime later, the kings of another people group in Canaan, the Amorites, heard that the __Gibeonites__ had made a peace treaty with the Israelites, so they combined their armies into one large army and attacked __Gibeon__.  
* __[15:08](rc://en/tn/help/obs/15/08)__ So Joshua gathered the Israelite army and they marched all night to reach the __Gibeonites__.

## Word Data:

* Strong’s: H1391, H1393
