Gibeon (ancient city)

Gibeon

גִּבְעוֹן‎
Shown within the West Bank
Location	Al Jib
Region	West Bank
Coordinates	31°50′51″N 35°11′00″E / 31.847451°N 35.183351°E / 31.847451; 35.183351
History
Periods	Bronze Age, Iron Age, Hellenistic Period, Roman Period
Cultures	Canaanite, Israelite
Site notes
Excavation dates	1956–1962
Archaeologists	James B. Pritchard
Condition	In ruins

Gibeon (Hebrew: גִּבְעוֹן‎, romanized: Giḇəʻōn; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Γαβαων, translit. Gabaōn)^[1] was a Canaanite and later an Israelite city, which was located north of Jerusalem. According to Joshua 11:19, the pre-Israelite-conquest inhabitants, the Gibeonites, were Hivites; according to 2 Samuel 21:2, they were Amorites. The remains of Gibeon are located in the southern portion of the Palestinian village of al-Jib in the occupied West Bank area called Area C