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# Gibeon
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## Related Words:
Gibeonite
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## Facts:
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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.
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* So the Gibeonites came to the leaders of Israel at Gilgal and pretended to be people from a far-away country.
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* The Israelite leaders were deceived and made an agreement with the Gibeonites that they would protect them and not destroy them.
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(See also: [Gilgal ](../names/gilgal.md ), [Jericho ](../names/jericho.md ), [Jerusalem ](../names/jerusalem.md ))
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## Bible References:
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* [1 Chronicles 08:29 ](rc://en/tn/help/1ch/08/29 )
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* [1 Kings 03:4-5 ](rc://en/tn/help/1ki/03/04 )
* [2 Samuel 02:12-13 ](rc://en/tn/help/2sa/02/12 )
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* [Joshua 09:3-5 ](rc://en/tn/help/jos/09/03 )
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## Examples from the Bible stories:
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* __[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__ .
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* __[15:08](rc://en/tn/help/obs/15/08)__ So Joshua gathered the Israelite army and they marched all night to reach the __Gibeonites__ .
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## Word Data:
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* Strong's: H1391, H1393
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## Forms Found in the English ULB:
Gibeon, Gibeonite, Gibeonites