Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'gibeon' occurs 37 times in the standard works.

13 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'gibeon' in the standard works and contain 35.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 6 minutes to read the entire list.

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Josh. 10:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 8:29 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 9:35 (2 in 1 verse)


Josh. 10:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

 10:1 Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;

 10:2 That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.




2 Sam. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 37 8 45
Josh. 13 0 13
2 Sam. 6 6 12
1 Kgs. 3 0 3
1 Chr. 7 1 8
2 Chr. 2 0 2
Neh. 2 1 3
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 3 0 3
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 37 8 45

Josh. 9:3
And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,

Josh. 9:17
And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.

Josh. 10:1
Now it came to pass, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;

Josh. 10:2
That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.

Josh. 10:4
Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

Josh. 10:5
Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.

Josh. 10:6
And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.

Josh. 10:10
And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.

Josh. 10:12
Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.

Josh. 10:41
And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.

Josh. 11:19
There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.

Josh. 18:25
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,

Josh. 21:17
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,