Joshua 13:5

“And the land of the Giblites, etc.] This was another country that remained unconquered; the Greeks call it Byblus, and near to which Pliny f276 speaks of a place called Gabale, and is now called Gibyle; it is f277 said to be “pleasantly situated by the seaside, and at present it contains but a little extent of ground, but yet more than enough for the small number of its inhabitants:” it was in greater splendour, and its inhabitants of more fame, in the times of Ezekiel, (<262709>Ezekiel 27:9); and all Lebanon toward the sunrising; or east of the land; all that inhabited that mountain remained unconquered, though the conquest was carried as far as the borders thereof: from Baalgad, under…”

“all the land of the Giblites--Their capital was Gebal or Bylbos (Greek), on the Mediterranean, forty miles north of Sidon. all Lebanon, toward the sunrising--that is, Anti-libanus; the eastern ridge, which has its proper termination in Hermon. entering into Hamath--the valley of Baalbec.”

“Giblites - The people of Gebal (“Jebail”, 22 miles north of Beyronut). They were “stone-squarers” 1 Kings 5:18 and (ship) “caulkers” Ezekiel 27:9. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Giblites: Probably the inhabitants of the country, around Gebal ( Eze 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. Kg1 5:18 \*marg. Psa 83:7; Eze 27:9 Lebanon: Deu 1:7, Deu 3:25 Baalgad: Jos 12:7 under mount: Jos 11:17 unto the: Num 34:8; Isa 10:9; Amo 6:2 Joshua 13:6”