How to Pronounce Gibbethon
GIB-uh-thon
Gibbethon is pronounced GIB-uh-thon (ˈgɪbəθɑːn): three syllables, stress on the first.
What does Gibbethon mean?
Gibbethon means “a back; a high house”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Gibbethon?
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).
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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