Gibeah

Joshua

Seven Tribes Still on the Bench

Gibeah is among Benjamin's fourteen cities in the second group — the site that will become Saul's royal capital and the location of one of Israel's most horrific moral failures is here a simple city allotment.

Joshua

Choose Your Fighter (No Really, Choose)

Gibeah is where Eleazar the high priest is buried — a town in the hill country of Ephraim that was given to him, marking the final resting place of Aaron's priestly lineage in the Promised Land.

1 Samuel

The Farmer Who Went Full Commander Mode

Gibeah is Saul's hometown and the first place the devastating news from Jabesh reaches — the entire town is weeping when Saul walks in from the field.

1 Samuel

Obedience Hits Different Than Sacrifice

Gibeah is Saul's hometown and royal seat, where he returns after the rupture with Samuel — the king walking home to his city while Samuel walks home to his is a quiet, devastating image of a relationship that will never be restored.

1 Samuel

The Great Escape (With Divine Intel)

Gibeah is where Saul holds court and receives the Ziphites' report — it is the king's political base from which he dispatches operations to capture David throughout this chapter.

2 Samuel

David's Last Words and His Elite Squad

Gibeah is listed as Ittai's hometown from the tribe of Benjamin — the same city that was Saul's capital, now producing a warrior who served Saul's successor David.

1 Chronicles

David's Squad Was Built Different

Gibeah is identified here as the hometown of Ithai son of Ribai, a Benjaminite among David's mighty men — it's the same city as Saul's hometown, a subtle detail in a roster that already includes warriors from across tribal lines.

Hosea

When God Takes Back Everything He Gave You

Gibeah is invoked here as the benchmark for Israel's moral rock bottom — the site of a horrific gang murder and tribal civil war that nearly destroyed the nation, now used as a mirror for the present.

Hosea

When the Flex Becomes the Fall

Gibeah is referenced here as ground zero of Israel's moral history — the site of a horrific act of violence that went largely unpunished, marking the moment the rot first took hold.