Gibeah

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ancient city biblical city

Gibeah was an ancient Israelite city in the territory of Benjamin, historically notable as the royal seat of King Saul.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Gibeah canonical	11
Gibeah of Benjamin	2
Gibeah (in some periods)	1
Gibeah of Saul	1
Tell el-Ful (Gibeah)	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ biblical city ⓘ
approximateLocation	north of Jerusalem ⓘ
archaeologicalStatus	proposed but debated identification with Tell el-Ful ⓘ
associatedWith	Saul ⓘ tribe of Benjamin ⓘ
associatedWithTribe	Benjamin ⓘ
biblicalTribeTerritory	Benjamin ⓘ
category	Cities in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ Former populated places in the State of Palestine ⓘ
conflict	civil war between Israel and Benjamin ⓘ
conflictDescribedIn	Judges ⓘ surface form: Book of Judges
country	Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) ⓘ
describedIn	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
era	monarchic period of ancient Israel ⓘ
event	Benjaminite war following the outrage at Gibeah ⓘ
eventDescribedIn	Judges 19–21 ⓘ
governedBy	Saul ⓘ
hasBiblicalFigure	Jonathan ⓘ Saul ⓘ
hasType	fortified settlement ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn	Tribe of Benjamin ⓘ ancient Israel ⓘ
meaningOfName	hill ⓘ
mentionedIn	1 Samuel ⓘ surface form: Book of 1 Samuel Book of Hosea ⓘ Judges ⓘ surface form: Book of Judges
nearbyCity	Jerusalem ⓘ Ramah ⓘ
notableFor	being first royal center of Israel under Saul ⓘ outrage at Gibeah narrative ⓘ
politicalStatus	royal residence of the first king of Israel ⓘ
possibleModernSite	Tell el-Ful ⓘ
region	Judean Mountains ⓘ surface form: central hill country of Canaan
religion	ancient Israelite religion ⓘ
religiousContext	Yahwistic worship ⓘ
role	Saul’s hometown ⓘ royal seat of King Saul ⓘ
scripturalTradition	Deuteronomistic history ⓘ
strategicImportance	overlooked main north–south route in hill country ⓘ
terrain	hilltop location ⓘ
timePeriod	Iron Age ⓘ surface form: Iron Age Levant

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) → capital → Gibeah ⓘ

Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) → contains → Gibeah ⓘ

Tribe of Benjamin → territoryIncludes → Gibeah ⓘ

Tribe of Benjamin → capitalOrKeyCity → Gibeah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gibeah (in some periods)

Levite of Ephraim → staysIn → Gibeah ⓘ

Levite of Ephraim → seeksLodgingIn → Gibeah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gibeah of Benjamin

Levite of Ephraim → concubineIsAbusedIn → Gibeah ⓘ

Michal daughter of Saul → narrativeSetting → Gibeah ⓘ

subject surface form: Michal

Saul → associatedWith → Gibeah ⓘ

Kish → residence → Gibeah ⓘ

Kish → associatedWithLocation → Gibeah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gibeah of Benjamin

Benjamin → territoryIncludes → Gibeah ⓘ

subject surface form: Tribe of Benjamin

Ramah → near → Gibeah ⓘ

Tell el-Ful → identifiedWith → Gibeah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gibeah of Saul

Tell el-Ful → hasAlternativeName → Gibeah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tell el-Ful (Gibeah)