Joshua 13:5
Giblites Probably the inhabitants of the country, around Gebal (Ezek 27:9), or Byblos, as the LXX render, a city of Phoenicia, situated on the Mediterranean, between Sidon and Tripoli, on the north of the river Adonis. It is now called Gibyle, of Djebail, situated about a day's journey south of Tripoli. Its walls are about a mile in circumference, with square towers about every forty yards' distance. Anciently it must have been a place of no mean extent and of considerable beauty, from the ruins still visible. 1Kgs 5:18 *marg. Ps 83:7; Ezek 27:9 Lebanon Deut 1:7, Deut 3:25 Baalgad Josh 12:7 under mount Josh 11:17 unto the Num 34:8; Isa 10:9; Amos 6:2
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