Gebal - Biblical Meaning of gebal in Eastons Bible Dictionary (Bible History Online)

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Gebal
a line (or natural boundary, as a mountain range). (1.) A tract in the land of Edom south of the Dead Sea (Ps. 83:7); now called Djebal. (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. Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. M.A., D.D., "Biblical Meaning for 'gebal' Eastons Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Eastons; 1897.

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