Gibbethon
gib.b.ton is a proper place-name, named in territorial listings and as the location of Israel's military encampment and movements.
The supplied verses use this noun proper as a place-name: it occurs in lists with other locations and in accounts where Israel is camped there, besieges it, or departs from it for Tirzah.
Senses in use
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A named location · dominant
The proper noun identifies a location in territorial and allotment-style lists in Joshua 19:44 and Joshua 21:23. In 1 Kings 15:27 the APB renders the place as the site where Nadab and Israel were besieging it; 1 Kings 16:15 places the people camping upon it, and 1 Kings 16:17 describes Omri and Israel going up from it to besiege Tirzah.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term as "Gibbethon." Across the verses it is named in location lists and in clauses concerning siege, camping, and departure.