Adam Clarke Commentary - 1 Kings 5:18

Adam Clarke Commentary - 1 Kings 5:18 - 5:18

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Adam Clarke Commentary - 1 Kings 5:18 - 5:18

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5:1 - 5:1
5:2 - 5:2
5:4 - 5:4
5:5 - 5:5
5:6 - 5:6
5:7 - 5:7
5:9 - 5:9
5:11 - 5:11
5:13 - 5:13
5:15 - 5:15
5:16 - 5:16
5:17 - 5:17
5:18 - 5:18

And the stone-squarers - Instead of stone-squarers the margin very properly reads Giblites, הגבלים haggiblim; and refers to Eze 27:9, where we find the inhabitants of Gebal celebrated for their knowledge in ship-building. Some suppose that these Giblites were the inhabitants of Biblos, at the foot of Mount Libanus, northward of Sidon, on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea; famous for its wines; and now called Gaeta. Both Ptolemy and Stephanus Byzantinus speak of a town called Gebala, to the east of Tyre: but this was different from Gebal, or Biblos. It seems more natural to understand this of a people than of stone-squarers, though most of the versions have adopted this idea which we follow in the text.