Ibeon
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
Gib'eon. (hill city). One of the four cities of the Hivites, the inhabitants of which made a league with Joshua, Joshua 9:3-15, and thus, escaped the fate of Jericho and Ai. Compare Joshua 11:19. Gibeon lay within the territory of Benjamin, Joshua 18:25, and with its "suburbs," was allotted to the priests, Joshua 21:17, of whom it became afterwards, a principal station. It retains its ancient name almost intact, el-Jib . Its distance from Jerusalem by the main road is about 6 1/2 miles; but there is a more direct road reducing it to five miles.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [2]
Joshua 9:3 (c) These people are a type to us of those who beguile Christians, deceive them, and offer them various kinds of allurements to win their sympathetic cooperation and fellowship. The world has many ways of enticing GOD's people to join up with them. Quite often this may be seen in so-called "charity movements." The world puts on great programs for the relief of humanity, and in which they ask the Christians to join, while at the same time they will not permit the name of Christ, nor the Word of God, nor the message of the Gospel to have any place in their plans and solicitation. Christians who join up with the ungodly in those enterprises which will not permit Christ nor God to have any place will suffer for it.
