Last updated on August 7th, 2025 at 09:35 pm
Gibeonites are the people of Gibeon who descended from Hivites and Amorites. Hivites are the descendants from one of Ham’s sons, Canaan and one of those that occupied the Promised Land before the arrival of Israelites. They are found on the Bible Timeline around 2300 BC.
References Gibeonites:
- Bible Odyssey. “Gibeon.” Updated 26 Oct 2022. Accessed 5 Aug 2025.
- Pritchard, James B. “Discovery of the Biblical Gibeon.” Penn Museum Bulletin 21 (1957).
- Pritchard, James B. “The Wine Industry at Gibeon: 1959 Discoveries.” Expedition Magazine 2 (1959).
- Meyers, Carol L. “Gibeon.” In The Anchor Bible Dictionary, vol. 2, pp. 987-990. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
- Naʾaman, Nadav. “The Sanctuary of the Gibeonites Revisited.” Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions 9 (2009): 101-128.
- Finkelstein, Israel, and Neil A. Silberman. The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology’s New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts. New York: Free Press, 2001.
- BiblePlaces.com. “Gibeon (el-Jib).” Photographic archive and site overview. Accessed 5 Aug 2025.
- Wikipedia contributors. “Gibeon (ancient city).” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Last modified June 2025. Accessed 5 Aug 2025.
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