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GEBAL.—1. A place apparently S. of the Dead Sea, whose inhabitants made a league with Edomites, Moabites, and the Bedouin of the Arabah against Israel, on some unknown occasion (Psa_83:7), possibly the Gentile attack described in 1Ma_5:1-68. It is the modern Jebal. 2. A town in Phœnicia, now Jebeil. It was theoretically (never actually) within the borders of the Promised Land (Jos_13:5). It provided builders for Solomon (1Ki_5:18 RV [Note: Revised Version.] Gebalites, AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘stone-squarers’) and ships’ caulkers for Tyre (Eze_27:9).
R. A. S. Macalister.