The city of Gibeah ("Gibeah of Saul"--2 Nephi 20:29) was a city in Benjamin (Joshua 18:28), evidently north of Jerusalem (Isaiah 10:29). As a result of a crime committed by the inhabitants, the city was destroyed in the period of the Judges (Judges 19--20). It was famous as the birthplace of Saul (1 Samuel 10:26), hence "Gibeah of Saul" (1 Samuel 11:4), and it served as his residence while he was king (1 Samuel 13--15). When David was king it was necessary to allow the Gibeonites to hang up the bodies of seven of Saul's descendants on the walls of Gibeah to make amends for his slaughter of them (2 Samuel 21:6). . . . There was a fortress there which was rebuilt with a watchtower, possibly by Hezekiah, and destroyed soon after (Isaiah 10:29).
Biblical Gibeah of Saul is almost certainly to be identified with the mound of Tell el-Ful, about 5 kilometers north of Jerusalem. [Tyndale House, The Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Vol. 1, pp. 557-558]
2 Nephi 20:29 Gibeah of Saul ([Illustration]): The hill of el-Jib, the modern site of the ancient city of Gibeon. (2) The water-system at Gibeon consisted of a water-chamber cut into the rock, reached by a spiral staircase, and an Iron Age tunnel of 93 steps leading to the spring outside the city wall. Section through the east side of the hill, showing the stepped tunnel and spring. [Tyndale House, The Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Vol. 1, pp. 558-559]
2 Nephi 20:29 Gibeah of Saul ([Illustration]): l. Section through the east side of the hill, showing the stepped tunnel and spring. [Tyndale House, The Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Vol. 1, pp. 558-559]
2 Nephi 20:29 Gibeah of Saul ([Illustration]): (2) The water-system at Gibeon consisted of a water-chamber cut into the rock, reached by a spiral staircase, and an Iron Age tunnel of 93 steps leading to the spring outside the city wall. [Tyndale House, The Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Vol. 1, pp. 558-559]