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Gebal
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A line (or natural boundary, as a mountain range).
Gebal (1)
#A tract in the land of Edom south of the Dead Sea (Ps. 83:7); now called Djebal.
Gebal (2)
#A Phoenician city, not far from the sea coast, to the north of Beyrout (Ezek. 27:9); called by the Greeks Byblos. Now Jibeil. Mentioned in the Amarna tablets.
An important Phoenician text, referring to the temple of Baalath, on a monument of Yehu-melek, its king (probably B.C. 600), has been discovered.
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(mountain), a maritime town of Phoenicia, near Tyre, (Ezekiel 27:9) known by the Greeks as Byblus. It is called Jebail by the Arabs, thus reviving the old biblical name.
In the Bible
2
Verses where Gebal is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Ezekiel 27:9
The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise.
- Psalms 83:7
of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
Scripture on Gebal
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Entries that reference Gebal
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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