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1 . Maritime city of Phoenicia. Identified with Jebeil, the ancient Byblus, near the mouth of the river Adonis, 34 8' N. Its inhabitants are called GIBLITES in Joshua 13: 5. Some were workers in stone and assisted in the work of the temple. 1 Kings 5: 18, margin. Others were calkers. Ezek. 27: 9. In this last passage the LXX reads 'Biblians,' and the Vulg. 'Giblians.'
2. Apparently part of the mountainous range of Edom. Ps. 83: 7. But some believe that this passage also refers to No. 1.