GEBALA, GEBALE´NE(Γεβαληνή, Γαβαληνή), a people and district of that part of Arabia Petraea to which Josephus gives the name of Idumaea. ( Antiq. 1.1.) Eusebius and S. Jerome properly regard it as identical with Mount Seir ( Onomast. s. v. Σηειρ), the habitation of Esau and his descendants. ( Genes. 36.8, 31.) The name describes the mountainous character of the country situated around Petra. ( Ononmast. s. v. Ἰδουμαία.) [IDUMAEA]
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