Golan in Bashan: The Biblical City of Refuge and the Search for Its Location

Explore Golan in Bashan, its role as a city of refuge, its Gershonite Levites, and the evidence needed to identify its ancient location.

Gilgal East of Jericho: Israel’s First Camp in Canaan

Gilgal, east of Jericho, was Israel’s first camp in Canaan and the setting for the memorial stones, circumcision, and Passover.

Gilead names a hill country, a wider territory east of the Jordan, and a Manassite descendant. Context determines which meaning applies.

Gihon names both a river in the account of Eden and the spring that supplied ancient Jerusalem. Scripture gives each a distinct setting.

Gibeon’s inhabitants secured an oath through deception, and Israel’s obligation to protect them endured for generations.

Gibeah of Saul was a Benjaminite hill town tied to Judges, Saul’s kingship, archaeology, and prophetic warnings against moral rebellion.

Gezer confirms the Bible’s record of conquest, tribal inheritance, Canaanite religion, Solomonic fortification, and Israel’s covenant duty.

Gethsemane reveals Jesus’ prayer, obedience, arrest, and ransom purpose in a real garden east of Jerusalem.

Geshur was a small Aramean kingdom northeast of the Sea of Galilee that became closely connected to King David through marriage and Absalom’s exile.

Mount Gerizim, the mountain of blessing, played a central role in Israel’s covenant history, Samaritan worship, and the ministry of Jesus Christ.