Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
A height, a city of the Philistines in the territory of Dan, given to the Kohathites (Josh. 19:44; 21:23). Nadab the king of Israel, while besieging it, was slain under its walls by Baasha, one of his own officers (1 Kings 15:27). It was in the possession of the Philistines after the secession of the ten tribes (2 Chr. 11:13, 14).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(a hill), a town allotted to the tribe of Dan, (Joshua 19:44) and afterwards given with its “suburbs” to the Kohathite Levites. ch. (Joshua 21:23)
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
GIB'BETHON (height), a town of Dan: given to the Kohathites, Josh 19:44; Josh 21:23; held by the Philistines in the reigns of Jeroboam, Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, and Omri. 1 Kgs 15:27; 1 Kgs 16:17. The siege lasted 27 years. Conder proposes to identify it with Gibbieh or Kibbieh, between Eltekah and Baalath.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
a back; a high house