Places in the Bible Today:

Gibeah 1

Data

Translated NamesGeba, Gibeah, Gibeathite, Gibeon, Gibeonite
Typesettlement
Notesin Benjamin; 1 Sam 14:2 may be Geba
Geo Data KML (for Google Earth)
GeoJSON (for GIS applications)

3 Possible Identifications

  1. Tel el Ful (modern): 70% confidence

    1. building at Tel el FulTel el Ful

  2. another name for Geba 1 (ancient): less than 10% confidence

    1. cityscape of JabaJaba

  3. Jaba (modern): less than 10% confidence

    1. cityscape of JabaJaba

Verses (45)

Josh-Ruth (23)
Judg 19:12, 19:13, 19:14, 19:15, 19:16, 20:4, 20:5, 20:9, 20:10, 20:13, 20:14, 20:15, 20:19, 20:20, 20:21, 20:25, 20:29, 20:30, 20:31, 20:34, 20:36, 20:37, 20:43
1Sam-Esth (18)
1Sam 7:1, 10:10, 10:26, 11:4, 13:2, 13:15, 14:2, 14:16, 15:34, 22:6, 23:19, 26:1
2Sam 6:3, 6:4, 21:6, 23:29
1Chr 11:31, 12:3
Job-Mal (4)
Isa 10:29
Hos 5:8, 9:9, 10:9

Linked Data Identifiers

SourceIdentifier
Biblemapper.com460
Logos FactbookGibeah (of Benjamin)
OpenBible.info (2007)Gibeah 1
OpenBible.infoac24f5f (Gibeah 1)
TIPNRGibeah@Jos.18.28
UBS Names Databaseot ID_670, ot ID_672
WikipediaGibeah (partial)

Sources

  1. Aharoni, Land of the Bible (1979): page 435
  2. Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992): Gibeah (place)
  3. Archaeological Encyclopedia of the Holy Land (1990): Gibeah; Gibeah of Saul
  4. Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary (2013): Gibeah
  5. Baly, Atlas of the Biblical World (1971): Gibeah
  6. Baly, The Geography of the Bible (1974): page 178
  7. Carta Bible Atlas, 5th Edition (2011)
  8. Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000): Gibeah
  9. ESV Bible Atlas (2010)
  10. Expositor’s Bible Commentary (1984): Josh 18:28; Judg 19:11-14
  11. Grollenberg, Atlas of the Bible (1957): Gibeah
  12. Hammond Atlas of the Bible Lands (2007): Gibeah
  13. HarperCollins Bible Dictionary (2011): Gibeah
  14. Holman Illustrated Guide to Bible Geography (2020): page 126
  15. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1979): Gibeah
  16. IVP Atlas of Bible History (2006): Gibeah
  17. IVP Old Testament Bible Background Commentary (2000): 1Sam 10:26; Judg 19:12-14
  18. Lexham Bible Dictionary (2016): Gibeah of Benjamin
  19. McKinny, Historical Geography of the Administrative Division of Judah (2014): page 275
  20. Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary (2014): Gibeah
  21. New Bible Atlas (1985): Gibeah
  22. New Bible Dictionary (1996): Gibeah
  23. New Interpreter’s Bible Dictionary (2009)
  24. New Unger’s Bible Dictionary (1988)
  25. Oxford Bible Atlas, Fourth Edition (2007)
  26. Reader’s Digest Atlas of the Bible (1981): Gibeah
  27. Rogerson, New Atlas of the Bible (1985): page 168
  28. Sacred Bridge (2014): page 235
  29. Schlegel, Satellite Bible Atlas (2016): Gibeah
  30. Tyndale Bible Dictionary (2001): Gibeah
  31. Tübingen Bible Atlas (2001): Gibat Saul
  32. Westminster Historical Atlas to the Bible (1956): Gibeah
  33. Woudstra, Joshua (1981): 19:25-28
  34. Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia (1975): Gibeah
  35. Zondervan Atlas of the Bible (2010): Gibeah (in/of Benjamin)
  36. Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (2010)
  37. Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (2009): Judg 19:12
  38. Zondervan Pictorial Bible Atlas (1972): page 404

Confidence Trends over Time

This chart indicates how confidence in the identifications is changing over time. Each dot (connected by a dotted line) reflects the confidence of an identification over the preceding ten years (e.g., the 2009 dot reflects scholarship from 2000 to 2009), and the corresponding solid line reflects a best-fit line for the identification. Confidences that cluster near or below 0% indicate low confidence. Because of the small dataset, it's best to use this chart for general trends; if one identification is trending much higher than the others (in this case, Tel el Ful), then you can probably have higher confidence in the identification. This chart only reflects the sources I consulted (listed above), not an exhaustive review of the literature.

Places with Similar Names

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Eli.berckovitz, יעקב

About

This page attempts to identify all the possible locations where this biblical place could be. The confidence levels add up to less than 100%, indicating that the modern location is uncertain. It's best to think about the confidences in relative rather than absolute terms. Often they reflect different schools of thought, each confident in their identifications.