(1 Kings 5:18 R.V., in A.V. incorrectly rendered, after the Targum, "stone-squarers, " but marg. "Giblites"), the inhabitants of Gebal (2). GEBALITES

ge'-bal-its (ha-gibhlim): Inhabitants of GEBAL (which see). According to the present text of Joshua 13:5, "the land of the Gebalites" was given to Israel as part of its future territory. But it was never occupied by the Israelites. Septuagint, however, has a very different reading, indicating an early corruption of the text. Perhaps with many modern scholars it is better to read "to the borders of the Gebalites."

In 1 Kings 5:18 the King James Version translates this word "stone-squarers," the King James Version margin gives "Giblites," and the Revised Version (British and American) "Gebalites," as workmen who, with the men of Solomon and of Hiram, fashioned the stones for the temple. Here also the text is doubtful, and some by a slight change would read: "and made a border for them" (i.e. for the stones). In Ezekiel 27:9 the men of Gebal are described as the "calkers" of the ships of Tyre and Sidon.

George Rice Hovey

1382. Gibli -- inhab. of Gebal
... Gebalite. Word Origin from Gebal Definition inhab. of Gebal NASB Word Usage
Gebalite (1), Gebalites (1). Giblites, stone-squarer. ...
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How Amaziah Made an Expedition against the Edomites and Amalekites ...
... soldiers for a hundred talents of silver, for he had resolved to make an expedition
against the nations of the Amatekites, and Edomites, and Gebalites: but as ...
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Gebalites (2 Occurrences)
...GEBALITES. ... According to the present text of Joshua 13:5, "the land of the Gebalites"
was given to Israel as part of its future territory. ...
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Gebal (3 Occurrences)
... It is mentioned by Jos (13:5) as the land of the Gebalites (which see) (the King
James Version "Giblites"), and the Gebalites are also mentioned in 1 Kings 5 ...
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Gebalite (1 Occurrence)
... Joshua 13:5 and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise,
from Baal Gad under Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath; (Root in WEB JPS ...
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Geb'alites (1 Occurrence)
Geb'alites. Gebalites, Geb'alites. Geber . Multi-Version Concordance Geb'alites
(1 Occurrence). ... Gebalites, Geb'alites. Geber . Reference Bible.
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Lebanon (66 Occurrences)
... hyenas, wolves, and panthers are still found (compare 2 Kings 14:9). 5. History:
The original inhabitants of Lebanon were Hivites and Gebalites (Judges 3:3 ...
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Lebo-hamath (6 Occurrences)
... Joshua 13:5 and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising,
from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entrance of Hamath; (See NAS). ...
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Lebo (12 Occurrences)
... Joshua 13:5 and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising,
from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entrance of Hamath; (See NAS NIV). ...
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Timber (32 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 5:18 Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion
them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house. ...
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Timbers (8 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 5:18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion
them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house. ...
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Baal-gad (3 Occurrences)
... Joshua 13:5 and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising,
from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entrance of Hamath; (ASV BBE DBY ...
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