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# Gibeon, Gibeonite
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## Facts:
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Gibeon was a city that was located about 13 kilometers northwest of Jerusalem. The people living in Gibeon were the Gibeonites.
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* When the Gibeonites heard about how the Israelites had destroyed the cities of Jericho and Ai, they were afraid.
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* So the Gibeonites came to the leaders of Israel at Gilgal and pretended to be people from a far-away country.
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* The Israelite leaders were deceived and made an agreement with the Gibeonites that they would protect them and not destroy them.
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(See also: [Gilgal](../names/gilgal.md), [Jericho](../names/jericho.md), [Jerusalem](../names/jerusalem.md))
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## Bible References:
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* [1 Chronicles 8:29](rc://en/tn/help/1ch/08/29)
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* [1 Kings 3:4-5](rc://en/tn/help/1ki/03/04)
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* [2 Samuel 2:12-13](rc://en/tn/help/2sa/02/12)
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* [Joshua 9:3-5](rc://en/tn/help/jos/09/03)
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## Examples from the Bible stories:
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* __[15:6](rc://en/tn/help/obs/15/06)__ But one of the Canaanite people groups, called the __Gibeonites__, lied to Joshua and said they were from a place far from Canaan.
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* __[15:7](rc://en/tn/help/obs/15/07)__ Sometime later, the kings of another people group in Canaan, the Amorites, heard that the __Gibeonites__ had made a peace treaty with the Israelites, so they combined their armies into one large army and attacked __Gibeon__.
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* __[15:8](rc://en/tn/help/obs/15/08)__ So Joshua gathered the Israelite army and they marched all night to reach the __Gibeonites__.
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## Word Data:
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* Strong’s: H1391, H1393
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