The pool of Gibeon
Gibeon is identified by inscribed jar handles from the site itself, and it has a great pool of the kind 2 Samuel and Jeremiah both mention.
Pinatunayan ng hukayHinukay na lugarIron Age
A shaft eleven metres across cut straight down through bedrock with a spiral stair around its wall, and a tunnel continuing to the water table. Jar handles from the site are stamped "Gibeon", confirming the identification. 2 Samuel sets a confrontation between Joab's men and Abner's "by the pool of Gibeon".
And they met together by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side.
- Natagpuan
- El-Jib (Gibeon), West Bank, 1956 — James Pritchard's excavation
- Nasa
- In place
- Paano ito nakarating sa atin
- Hinukay, o nakatayo pa rin kung saan ito itinayo.
Ang ipinapakita nito
Whether the biblical "pool" is this shaft or a separate reservoir on the site is discussed; both are there.
Paano ito ginagamit ng mga istoryador
The stamped handles make Gibeon one of the securely identified biblical towns.
Sa Kasulatan
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Mga sanggunian
- Pritchard, Gibeon: Where the Sun Stood Still (1962)
Sa ngayon ay nasa Ingles ang mga paglalarawang ito. Susunod ang mga salin.