Gibeah

Gibeah

CityOld Testament
31.8167°N, 35.2333°E View on Map

Gibeah of Benjamin is remembered for two contrasting associations. Its darkest moment came in Judges 19-21 when its residents committed an atrocity that nearly led to Benjamin's extinction. Yet it later became the hometown of Saul, Israel's first king.

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Judgesc. 1100 BC

Horrific crime against Levite's concubine leads to civil war

JDG 19:1-30
Judgesc. 1100 BC

Benjamin nearly destroyed for defending Gibeah

JDG 20:1-48
United Kingdomc. 1050 BC

Saul's hometown; becomes his capital

1SA 10:26
United Kingdomc. 1040 BC

Saul gathers army at Gibeah against Philistines

1SA 13:2

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