Gibbethon

A Philistine border town in the lowlands allotted to Dan and assigned to the Levitical Kohathites (Joshua 19:44; 21:23). By the time of the northern monarchy it had reverted to Philistine control, and Israel's kings repeatedly besieged it. King Nadab son of Jeroboam was killed there during one such siege when his commander Baasha assassinated him and seized the throne (1 Kings 15:27). Twenty-four years later, while another king was besieging Gibbethon, the army at the front declared their general Omri king after Zimri's seven-day coup collapsed (1 Kings 16:15-17).