Gibbethon @ a height, a city of the Philistines in the territory of Dan, given to the Kohathites Joshua:19:44Joshua:21:23). Nadab the king of Israel, while besieging it, was slain under its walls by Baasha, one of his own officers (kjvKings:15:27). It was in the possession of the Philistines after the secession of the ten tribes ( 2Chronicals:11:13-14).