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Gebal

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(mountain). A maritime town of Phoenicia, near Tyre (Ezek. 27:9⁹The 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. (Ezekiel 27:9)). Inhabitants called Giblites (Josh. 13:5⁵And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath. (Joshua 13:5)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. Maritime city of Phoenicia. Identified with Jebeil, the ancient Byblus, near the mouth of the river Adonis, 34° 8' N. Its inhabitants are called GIBLITES in Joshua 13:5⁵And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath. (Joshua 13:5). Some were workers in stone and assisted in the work of the temple (1 Kings 5:18¹⁸And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. (1 Kings 5:18), margin). Others were caulkers (Ezek. 27:9⁹The 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. (Ezekiel 27:9)). In this last passage the LXX reads “Biblians,” and the Vulgate “Giblians.”

2. Apparently part of the mountainous range of Edom (Psa. 83:7⁷Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; (Psalm 83:7)). But some believe that this passage also refers to. No. 1.