Gebal
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En fønikisk by, ikke langt fra kysten, nord for Beirut [Ez 27:9 ]; kaldet Byblos af grækerne. Nu Jibeil. Nævnt i Amarna-tabletterne.
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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.
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