Gibeonites

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The Gibeonites were a Canaanite people who, according to the Hebrew Bible, secured a treaty with the Israelites through deception and were subsequently assigned to perpetual servitude at the sanctuary.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canaanite people
biblical people
assignedRole drawers of water
hewers of wood
associatedWith Gibeonite famine narrative
attackedBy coalition of Amorite kings
condemnedTo perpetual servitude
culticFunction servants for the house of God
temple servants
culturalContext ancient Near East
deceived Israelites
leaders of Israel
deceptionMethod bringing dry and moldy bread
pretending to be from a distant country
wearing worn-out clothes and sandals
demandedAtonementFrom House of Saul
surface form: house of Saul
describedIn 2 Samuel
surface form: Book of 2 Samuel

Book of Joshua
Ezra–Nehemiah
surface form: Book of Nehemiah

Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible
ethnicStatus non-Israelite residents within Israelite territory
ethnonymLanguage Hebrew
involvedInEvent battle of Gibeon
sun standing still over Gibeon
legalStatus subject people under Israelite authority
locatedIn Gibeon
hill country of Benjamin
Land of Canaan
surface form: land of Canaan
madeTreatyWith Israelites
Joshua
mentionedIn Nehemiah 3
Ezra–Nehemiah
surface form: Nehemiah 7
moralTheme deception and covenant fidelity
namedAfter Gibeon
paralleledBy Gibeonites self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nethinim
protectedBy covenant with Israel
oath of the leaders of Israel
receivedAtonementFrom King David
religiousContext ancient Israelite religion
requestedHelpFrom Joshua
servitudeLocation altar of the LORD
sanctuary of the LORD
sparedBy Israelites
subjectOf divine protection through Israelite intervention
treatyBasis deception
treatyResult Israelites swore an oath not to destroy them
victimsOf Saul’s attempted annihilation
wrongedBy King Saul

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Book of Joshua keyFigure Gibeonites
Gibeonite treaty involvesParty Gibeonites
Gibeonite treaty longTermConsequence Gibeonites
this entity surface form: Gibeonites remained within Israelite community
Gibeonites paralleledBy Gibeonites self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nethinim