GIBEON  , a See also:

• TOWN

town in See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine whose inhabitants wrested a truce from See also:

• JOSHUA, BOOK OF

Joshua by a See also:

• TRICK

trick (Josh. ix., x.); where the champions of See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David fought those of Ish-bosheth (2 Sam. ii . 12-32); where See also:

• JOAB (Heb. " Yah [well] is a father ")

Joab murdered Amasa (ib. xx . 8-1o); and where Johanan went against See also:

• ISHMAEL (a Hebrew name meaning " God hears ")

Ishmael to avenge the See also:

• MURDER

murder of Gedaliah (Jer. xli . 12) . Here was an important high See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place (r See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings iii . 4) where for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the See also:

• TABERNACLE
• TABERNACLE (Lat. tabernaculum, a hut, tent)

tabernacle was deposited (2 Chron. i . 3) . The See also:

• PRESENT

present name is El-Jib; this is a small See also:

• VILLAGE

village about 5 M . N.W. of See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem, See also:

• STANDING

standing on an isolated See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill above a See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn valley . The village is famous for its springs, and the reputation seems See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient (cf . 2 Sam. ii . 13; Jer. xli .

12) . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring issues from under a cliff on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the hill, and the See also:

• WATER

water runs to a. See also:

• RESERVOIR

reservoir See also:

• LOWER

lower down . The sides of the hill are rocky, and remarkable for the See also:

• REGULAR

regular stratification of the See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone, which gives the hill at a distance the See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of being terraced . Scattered See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive groves surround the place . (R . A . S .