Ebal

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Ebal
     stony. (1.) A mountain 3,076 feet above the level of the sea,
     and 1,200 feet above the level of the valley, on the north side
     of which stood the city of Shechem (q.v.). On this mountain six
     of the tribes (Deut. 27:12,13) were appointed to take their
     stand and respond according to a prescribed form to the


     imprecations uttered in the valley, where the law was read by
     the Levites (11:29; 29:4, 13). This mountain was also the site
     of the first great altar erected to Jehovah (Deut. 27:5-8; Josh.
     8:30-35). After this the name of Ebal does not again occur in
     Jewish history. (See {GERIZIM}.)
     
       (2.) A descendant of Eber (1 Chr. 1:22), called also Obal
     (Gen. 10:28).
     
       (3.) A descendant of Seir the Horite (Gen. 36:23).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Ebal, ancient heaps