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Gebalites

(1 Kings 5:18 R.V., in A.V. incorrectly rendered, after the Targum, “stone-squarers,” but marg. “Giblites”), the inhabitants of Gebal (2).

In the Bible

2

Verses where Gebalites is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Kings 5:18

    So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.

  • Joshua 13:5

    the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.

Scripture on Gebalites

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Gebalites references

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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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