Psalms 83:7

“Gebal, etc.] Gubleans, or Gebalites, as the Targum; the same with Giblites, (<062305>Joshua 23:5 <110518>1 Kings 5:18), or men of Gebal, (<262709>Ezekiel 27:9) the same with Byblus: these dwelt in Phoenicia, near Tyre, where Pliny f1192 makes mention of a place called Gabale: the Syriac version joins it with Ammon, and renders it “the border of Ammon”: and Ammon and Amalek, the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre; these are well known in Scripture, and as the enemies of Israel.”

“Gebal - The Gebal here referred to was probably the same as Gebalene, the mountainous tract inhabited by the Edomites, extending from the Dead Sea southward toward Petra, and still called by the Arabs Djebal. (Gesenius, Lexicon) The word means mountain. Those who are here referred to were a part of the people of Edom. And Ammon - The word Ammon means son of my people. Ammon was the son of Lot by his youngest daughter, Genesis 19:38. The Ammonites, descended from him, dwelt beyond the Jordan in the tract of country between the streams of Jabbok and Arnon. These also would be naturally associated in such a confederacy. 1 Samuel 11:1-11. And Amalek - The Amalekites were a very ancient people:…”

“Gebal - An Arabian people so called by ancient writers dwelling in the southern border of Canaan, where most of the people here mentioned had their abode. Psalms 83:8”

“83:7 The Gebalites probably came from Gebal/Byblos on the coast of Lebanon. • The Amalekites were located south of Israel in the Negev. • Philistia was southwest of Judah, by the Mediterranean Sea. • Tyre was a port city on the Mediterranean, northwest of Israel.”

“Gebal: Jos 13:5; Eze 27:9 Psalms 83:8”