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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • An ancient village of Palestine near Jerusalem. In the Bible, its inhabitants were condemned by Joshua to serve as manual laborers for the Israelites.

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  • While at the tabernacle and burnt offering in Gibeon, Heman and Jeduthun presided over the sacred music, the sons of Jeduthun were door keepers, and Zadok, with his suite of attendant priests, offered the sacrifices.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • There was the rugged path where Joshua had stood and called out to the sun to stand still in Gibeon, and the moon in the valley of Ajalon.

    A Book of Golden Deeds 1864

  • So Joab resolved to make no delay, but taking with him his brother, and those six hundred men, and giving orders that the rest of the army which was at Jerusalem should follow him, he marched with great speed against Sheba; and when he was come to Gibeon, which is a village forty furlongs distant from Jerusalem, Amasa brought a great army with him, and met Joab.

    Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709

  • And it's not likely a misidentification since 56 jar handles were found with the name "Gibeon" inscribed from the 8th-7th centuries BC see Dever, Who were the early Israelites, pp 48-49.

    Inerrancy, Historicity, Maximalism and Minimalism James F. McGrath 2009

  • These may have been during the ten plagues in Egypt (see Exodus 7–12), during the battle at Gibeon, in which the earth changed its axial rotation (see Joshua 10:13), and when the sun went back ten steps for Hezekiah (see 2 Kings 20:9–11).

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • These may have been during the ten plagues in Egypt (see Exodus 7–12), during the battle at Gibeon, in which the earth changed its axial rotation (see Joshua 10:13), and when the sun went back ten steps for Hezekiah (see 2 Kings 20:9–11).

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • These may have been during the ten plagues in Egypt (see Exodus 7–12), during the battle at Gibeon, in which the earth changed its axial rotation (see Joshua 10:13), and when the sun went back ten steps for Hezekiah (see 2 Kings 20:9–11).

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • At the final battle of Gibeon, Joshua charged down the mountain with his men – the sun at his back – and defeated all of them.

    Five Butt-Kicking Biblical Heroes | myFiveBest 2009

  • These may have been during the ten plagues in Egypt (see Exodus 7–12), during the battle at Gibeon, in which the earth changed its axial rotation (see Joshua 10:13), and when the sun went back ten steps for Hezekiah (see 2 Kings 20:9–11).

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Joshua made the sun stand still upon Gibeon, but you would outdo Joshua.

    Chapter 8: The Machine Breakers 2010

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