Gibeon

P. L. 12. 265; MS. 2. 110. An ancient city of Palestine in the territory of Benjamin. Milton’s reference is to the verse: “Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.” (Joshua 10. 12.) P. L. 145