Joshua 13:5

And the land of the Giblites,.... This was another country that remained unconquered; the Greeks call it Byblus, and near to which Pliny (e) speaks of a place called Gabale, and is now called Gibyle;…

Giblites - The people of Gebal (“Jebail”, 22 miles north of Beyronut). They were “stone-squarers” 1Ki 5:18 and (ship) “caulkers” Eze 27:9.

The land of the Giblites - This people dwelt beyond the precincts of the land of Canaan, on the east of Tyre and Sidon. See Eze 27:9; Psa 83:7; their capital was named Gebal. See Dodd.

All Lebanon -…

Here, I. God puts Joshua in mind of his old age, v. 1. 1. It is said that Joshua was old and stricken in years, and he and Caleb were at this time the only old men among the thousands of Israel, none…

the land of the Giblites i.e. the land of the inhabitants of Gebal, a name which occurs in Psa 83:7,

" Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek;

The Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;"

and Eze 27:8-9,…