3-15. when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard —This town, as its name imports, was situated on a rocky eminence, about six miles northwest from Jerusalem, where the modern village of El Jib now stands. It was the capital of the Hivites, and a large important city ( Joshua 10:2 ). It seems to have formed, in union with a few other towns in the neighborhood, a free independent state ( Joshua 10:2- : ) and to have enjoyed a republican government ( Joshua 10:2- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-4" class="com-number"
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