Bible Location

Gibeah

Meaning: a hill · 41 cross references · Modern-day map available

Gibeah, a hill town in Benjamin north of Jerusalem, is one of the most charged locations in Israel's early history. It is important as the site of the outrage in Judges that led to civil war within Israel and as the hometown and royal base of Saul, Israel's first king. First appears in Josh 18:28.1

Place meaning

a hill

Coordinates

31.82, 35.23

First appears

Josh 18:28

AI summary: Gibeah stands at the intersection of two very different but equally weighty narratives. In Judges it is the city associated with the outrage against the Levite's concubine, a crisis that exposes the moral collapse of the period and leads to devastating conflict with the tribe of Benjamin. In Samuel it becomes closely linked with Saul, giving Gibeah a second identity as the place from which Israel's first king rises and rules. Because of those stories, Gibeah carries the memory of both social breakdown and royal beginnings. The cross references present it as a Benjaminite stronghold whose name is tied to some of the most unsettling and formative episodes in early Israel.1

Place meaning

a hill

Latitude

31.82

Longitude

35.23

Bible references

41