A line (or natural boundary, as a mountain range). A tract in the land of Edom south of the Dead Sea ( Psalm 83:7 ); now called Djebal. A Phoenician city, not far from the sea coast, to the north of Beyrout ( Ezekiel 27:9 ); called by the Greeks Byblos. Now Jibeil. Mentioned in the Amarna tablets. An important Phoenician text, referring to the temple of Baalath, on a monument of Yehu-melek, its king (probably B.C. 600), has been discovered.
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source-manifest/easton— Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)