The Definition of the word Gebal

Gebal

A line (or natural boundary, as a mountain range). (1.) A tract in the land of Edom south of the Dead Sea (Ps. 83:7); now called Djebal. "(2.) 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. "An important Phoenician text, referring to the temple of "Baalath, on a monument of Yehu-melek, its king (probably B.C." "600), has been discovered."