Territory of Benjamin · Old Testament · 47 verses
Gibeah was a town in the territory of Benjamin north of Jerusalem. It was the home town of Saul. The name appears in Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel and 5 more in the King James text.
About Gibeah
Gibeah was a town in the territory of Benjamin north of Jerusalem. It was the home town of Saul.
Its place in the story
A terrible crime at Gibeah in the days of the judges led to war against Benjamin. Gibeah later became the home and seat of Saul, Israel's first king.
Gibeah in Scripture (KJV)
“Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages:”
“And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.”
“And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.”
“And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.”
“And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.”
“And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.”
Gibeah was a town in the territory of Benjamin north of Jerusalem. It was the home town of Saul. The name appears in Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel and 5 more in the King James text.
What happened at Gibeah?
A terrible crime at Gibeah in the days of the judges led to war against Benjamin. Gibeah later became the home and seat of Saul, Israel's first king.