1. The Giblites or Gebalites, dwelling near Zidon, of whom 1Ki_5:18Eze_27:9. Or,
2. 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. Yet some of these were in the northern parts, and not far from the other Gebal, as some of the Philistines and the Tyrians.