Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
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Gill's Exposition
Gebal,.... Gubleans, or Gebalites, as the Targum; the same with Giblites, Jos 23:5, or men of Gebal, Eze 27:9 the same with Byblus: these dwelt in Phoenicia, near Tyre, where Pliny (g) makes mention…
Barnes' Notes
Gebal - The Gebal here referred to was probably the same as Gebalene, the mountainous tract inhabited by the Edomites, extending from the Dead Sea southward toward Petra, and still called by the Arabs…
The Israel of God were now in danger, and fear, and great distress, and yet their prayer is called, A song or psalm; for singing psalms is not unseasonable, no, not when the harps are hung upon the…
Cambridge Bible
the Philistines Lit. Philistia. In Amo 1:6 ff., Amo 1:9 ff., Philistia and Tyre are censured for surrendering Israelite captives to Edom, which in its turn (Psa 83:83) is condemned for unbrotherly…
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