GIBLOS, or Biblos, a city upon the coast of Phœnicia, between Tripoli and Berytus. The Inhabitants of Gebal or Biblos1 were celebrated for their dexterity in 1 Kings v. 18. Ezek. xxvii. 9.cutting stone or wood, and for their skill in building ships. There are some who think, that they who are called Giblii in Scripture, were inhabitants of Gabala in Phœnicia, between Tortosa and Laodicea. See BIBLOS.
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Translators’ note. King Hiram made use of the people of this place in preparing materials for Solomon’s Temple, as may be collected from 1 Kings v. 18. where the word which our Translators have rendered Stone-squarers, in the Hebrew is גבליםGiblim, or Giblites, and in the LXX. Βύϐλιοι or men of Byblus; the former using the Hebrew, the latter the Greek name of this place. The same difference may be observed in Ezek. xxvii. 9. The Ancients of Gebal, says our Translation, following the Hebrew; instead of which, we read in the LXX. πρεσβύτεροι Βυϐλίων, the Elders of Byblus. See Maundrel’s Journey to Jerusalem. ↩