Archeological evidence locates the historical site of the pool in the village of Jib, in the West Bank Palestinian territories.

And Abner said to Jo'ab, "Let the young men arise and play before us."

And the battle was very fierce that day; and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.2 Samuel 2:12–17The remains of Gibeon were excavated in the late 1950s and early 1960s by a team of archeologists led by University of Pennsylvania archaeologist James B. Pritchard.

[2] The Pool of Gibeon, "one of the ancient world's remarkable engineering achievements", was dug 88 ft (27 m) into limestone until it met the water table.

A spiral staircase along the walls allowed access to the water, according to the archeologists that excavated the site.