Gebal
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Other places named Gebal: Gebal (Psalm 83).
| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Also called | Gebalites, Byblos, Gebalite, Giblites |
| Most likely | Byblos (high confidence) |
| Coordinates | 34.119° N, 35.646° E |
| Mentioned in | 3 verses |
| First mention | Joshua 13:5 |
Gebal is a settlement named in 3 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Byblos (high confidence).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Byblos | high (94%) | 34.119° N, 35.646° E |
Verses
Joshua
- Joshua 13:5And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal–gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 5:18And Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.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.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 27:9The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.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.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.