Place · City
Gebal
- Coordinates
- 34.1191, 35.6461
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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.
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