# 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: [[../other/gilgal.md]], [[../other/jericho.md]], [[../other/jerusalem.md]])

## Bible References: ##

* [1 Chronicles 08:29-31](en/tn/1ch/help/08/29)
* [1 Kings 03:4-5](en/tn/1ki/help/03/04)
* [2 Samuel 02:12-13](en/tn/2sa/help/02/12)
* [Joshua 09:3-5](en/tn/jos/help/09/03)

## Examples from the Bible stories: ##

  __*[15:06](en/tn/obs/help/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](en/tn/obs/help/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](en/tn/obs/help/15/08)__ So Joshua gathered the Israelite army and they marched all night to reach the __Gibeonites__.