ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the arguments for the identification of Gibeah with modern Tell el-Ful, and re-examines and reconstructs the archaeological data which may have been misinterpreted. This may give us a more realistic picture relating to the events at Gibeah, and understand Gibeah within the context of other contemporary sites in the region including the economy. In reviewing the literary material and the archaeological evidence, Miller proposed that Gibeah, Geba, Geba of Benjamin, Gibeah of Benjamin, Gibeah of Saul, and probably also Gibeath Haelohim were all identical. Miller argues that the archaeological evidence from Tell el-Ful does not provide specific evidence to identify it with Gibeah of Saul. The ceramic evidence covered a period extending over more than a century, from the destruction of Gibeah to the erection of Saul's fortress. Of the various contemporary sites in the region two are of special interest for the study of Tell el-Ful. The first is Giloh and the second is Khirbet Ed-Dawwara.
