John Gill Commentary 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;" — Joshua 13:5 (ASV)

And the land of the Giblites This was another country that remained unconquered; the Greeks call it Byblus, and near to which Pliny ^F5 speaks of a place called Gabale, and is now called Gibyle; it is ^F6 said to be pleasantly situated by the seaside, and at present it contains but a little extent of ground, but yet more than enough for the small number of its inhabitants:'' it was in greater splendour, and its inhabitants of more fame, in the times of Ezekiel, (Ezekiel 27:9) ;

and all Lebanon toward the sunrising ; or east of the land; all that inhabited that mountain remained unconquered, though the conquest was carried as far as the borders thereof:

from Baalgad, under Mount Hermon ; of which see (Joshua 11:17) ;

unto the entering into Hamath : which was the north border of the land; see (Numbers 34:8) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F5: Ut supra. (Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 20.)
• F6: Maundrel's Journey from Aleppo p. 33.