Note 144 — BOOK IV.
William Robson translation
Gibel. This word signifies mountain, in Arabic. Gibel is the Gabala of Strabo and Pliny; the Gavala of the table of Peutinger. It still subsists under its ancient name of Djebil, and the remains of an amphitheatre are still to be seen there. It is, I believe, the Giblim of the Bible, whence was embarked the wood of Lebanon sent to Solomon.