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Joshua 13:5

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Giblites: Probably the inhabitants of the country, around Gebal (Ezekiel 27:9), or Byblos, as the LXX render, a city of Phoenicia, situated on the Mediterranean, between Sidon and Tripoli, on the north of the river Adonis. It is now called Gibyle, of Djebail, situated about a day's journey south of Tripoli. Its walls are about a mile in circumference, with square towers about every forty yards' distance. Anciently it must have been a place of no mean extent and of considerable beauty, from the ruins still visible. 1 Kings 5:18 *marg. Psalms 83:7; Ezekiel 27:9

Lebanon: Deuteronomy 1:7, Deuteronomy 3:25

Baalgad: Joshua 12:7

under mount: Joshua 11:17

unto the: Numbers 34:8; Isaiah 10:9; Amos 6:2

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