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Gibbethon or Gibbeton was a city in the land of Canaan which, according to the record in the Hebrew Bible , was occupied by the Tribe of Dan after the entry of the Israelites into the Promised Land . According to the Book of Joshua , it was given as a Levitical city to the Kohathites . However, in 1 Kings 15:27 it was recorded as being a city of the Philistines . Nadab , the second king of the northern Kingdom of Israel , besieged Gibbethon. During the siege, Baasha the son of Ahijah , a member of the tribe of Issachar , killed King Nadab of Israel and made himself King, reigning over the northern kingdom for 24 years. Gibbethon has been identified with al-Majdal, near Ashkelon , and so possibly on the border of Danite Israel and Philistia. John James Blunt , in his Undesigned Coincidences in the Writings both of the Old and New Testaments (1882) suggested that "the place had been deserted by the Levites , in the general exodus to Judah , [so] that the Philistines availed themselves of the opportunity to seize and fortify it". Israeli archaeologist Benjamin Mazar locates it in a region to the north of the Sorek Valley . Joshua 19:44 ; Joshua 21:23 ; Gibbethon is not mentioned in the parallel list of Levitical cities in the first Book of Chronicles : 1 Chronicles 6:54–81 1 Kings 15:27–31 Pulpit Commentary , 1 Kings 15 accessed 21 September 2015 Blunt, J.1
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Gibbethon or Gibbeton was a city in the land of Canaan which, according to the record in the Hebrew Bible , was occupied by the Tribe of Dan after the entry of the Israelites into the Promised Land and was then given to the Tribe of Levi , and which some identify as "Tel Malot", located northwest of the city of Beit Shemesh and due west of the city of Gezer . According to the Book of Joshua , it was given as a Levitical city to the Kohathites . However, in 1 Kings 15:27 it was recorded as being a city of the Philistines . Nadab , the second king of the northern Kingdom of Israel , besieged Gibbethon. During the siege, Baasha the son of Ahijah , a member of the tribe of Issachar , killed King Nadab of Israel and made himself King, reigning over the northern kingdom for 24 years. Gibbethon has been identified with al-Majdal, near Ashkelon , and so possibly on the border of Danite Israel and Philistia. John James Blunt , in his Undesigned Coincidences in the Writings both of the Old and New Testaments (1882) suggested that "the place had been deserted by the Levites , in the general exodus to Judah , [so] that the Philistines availed themselves of the opportunity to seize and fortify it". Israeli archaeologist Benjamin Mazar locates it in a region to the north of the Sorek Valley , possibly at Tel Malot Joshua 19:44 ; Joshua 21:23 ; Gibbethon is not mentioned in the parallel list of Levitical cities in the first Book of Chronicles : 1 Chronicles 6:54–81 1 Kings 15:27–31 Pulpit Commentary , 1 Kings 15 accessed 21 September 2015 Blunt, J.
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Gibbethon or Gibbeton was a biblical city in the land of Canaan .
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city in the land of canaan which
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biblical city in the land of canaan
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