HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1405
גִּבְּתוֹן
gib.b.ton — Gibbethon
§ Gibbethon = "mound" a Philistine town in Dan allocated to the Kohathite Levites
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Gibbethon
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Historical dictionary entry
A height, a city of the Philistines in the territory of Dan, given to the Kohathites (Josh. 19:44; 21:23). Nadab the king of Israel, while besieging it, was slain under its walls by Baasha, one of his own officers (1 Kings 15:27). It was in the possession of the Philistines after the secession of the ten tribes (2 Chr. 11:13, 14).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.