Gibeonites
E400235
The Gibeonites were a Canaanite people who, according to the Hebrew Bible, secured a treaty with the Israelites through deception and were subsequently assigned to perpetual servitude at the sanctuary.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gibeonites canonical | 2 |
| Gibeonites remained within Israelite community | 1 |
| Nethinim | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3922620 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gibeonites Context triple: [Book of Joshua, keyFigure, Gibeonites]
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A.
Jebusites
The Jebusites were an ancient Canaanite people known primarily as the pre-Israelite inhabitants of Jerusalem (then called Jebus) in the Hebrew Bible.
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B.
Rechabites
The Rechabites are a fraternal friendly society historically known for promoting total abstinence from alcohol and other temperance principles among their members.
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C.
Moabites
The Moabites were an ancient Semitic people living east of the Dead Sea, frequently depicted in the Hebrew Bible as neighbors and adversaries of Israel.
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D.
Girgashites
The Girgashites were one of the lesser-known Canaanite peoples listed in the Hebrew Bible among the nations inhabiting the land before the Israelites.
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E.
Edomite
Edomite was an extinct Northwest Semitic language once spoken by the ancient Edomites in the region south of the Kingdom of Judah.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gibeonites Target entity description: The Gibeonites were a Canaanite people who, according to the Hebrew Bible, secured a treaty with the Israelites through deception and were subsequently assigned to perpetual servitude at the sanctuary.
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A.
Jebusites
The Jebusites were an ancient Canaanite people known primarily as the pre-Israelite inhabitants of Jerusalem (then called Jebus) in the Hebrew Bible.
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B.
Rechabites
The Rechabites are a fraternal friendly society historically known for promoting total abstinence from alcohol and other temperance principles among their members.
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C.
Moabites
The Moabites were an ancient Semitic people living east of the Dead Sea, frequently depicted in the Hebrew Bible as neighbors and adversaries of Israel.
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D.
Girgashites
The Girgashites were one of the lesser-known Canaanite peoples listed in the Hebrew Bible among the nations inhabiting the land before the Israelites.
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E.
Edomite
Edomite was an extinct Northwest Semitic language once spoken by the ancient Edomites in the region south of the Kingdom of Judah.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canaanite people
ⓘ
biblical people ⓘ |
| assignedRole |
drawers of water
ⓘ
hewers of wood ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Gibeonite famine narrative ⓘ |
| attackedBy | coalition of Amorite kings ⓘ |
| condemnedTo | perpetual servitude ⓘ |
| culticFunction |
servants for the house of God
ⓘ
temple servants ⓘ |
| culturalContext | ancient Near East ⓘ |
| deceived |
Israelites
ⓘ
leaders of Israel ⓘ |
| deceptionMethod |
bringing dry and moldy bread
ⓘ
pretending to be from a distant country ⓘ wearing worn-out clothes and sandals ⓘ |
| demandedAtonementFrom |
House of Saul
ⓘ
surface form:
house of Saul
|
| describedIn |
2 Samuel
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of 2 Samuel
Book of Joshua ⓘ Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Nehemiah
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| ethnicStatus | non-Israelite residents within Israelite territory ⓘ |
| ethnonymLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| involvedInEvent |
battle of Gibeon
ⓘ
sun standing still over Gibeon ⓘ |
| legalStatus | subject people under Israelite authority ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Gibeon
ⓘ
hill country of Benjamin ⓘ Land of Canaan ⓘ
surface form:
land of Canaan
|
| madeTreatyWith |
Israelites
ⓘ
Joshua ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Nehemiah 3
ⓘ
Ezra–Nehemiah ⓘ
surface form:
Nehemiah 7
|
| moralTheme | deception and covenant fidelity ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gibeon ⓘ |
| paralleledBy |
Gibeonites
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Nethinim
|
| protectedBy |
covenant with Israel
ⓘ
oath of the leaders of Israel ⓘ |
| receivedAtonementFrom | King David ⓘ |
| religiousContext | ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| requestedHelpFrom | Joshua ⓘ |
| servitudeLocation |
altar of the LORD
ⓘ
sanctuary of the LORD ⓘ |
| sparedBy | Israelites ⓘ |
| subjectOf | divine protection through Israelite intervention ⓘ |
| treatyBasis | deception ⓘ |
| treatyResult | Israelites swore an oath not to destroy them ⓘ |
| victimsOf | Saul’s attempted annihilation ⓘ |
| wrongedBy | King Saul ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gibeonites Description of subject: The Gibeonites were a Canaanite people who, according to the Hebrew Bible, secured a treaty with the Israelites through deception and were subsequently assigned to perpetual servitude at the sanctuary.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gibeonites remained within Israelite community
this entity surface form:
Nethinim