Rablah

Rablah (Arabic: ربلة; also spelled Rableh, Ribla or Ribleh) is a town in central Syria, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located southwest of Homs. Just east of the border with Lebanon, nearby localities include al-Nizariyah to the southwest, Zita al-Gharbiyah to the northwest, al-Qusayr to the north, Zira'ah to the northeast and Hisyah to the east. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Rableh had a population of 5,328 in the 2004 census.^[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Catholics.^[2][3][4]

Rablah ربلة
Village
Rablah Location in Syria
Coordinates: 34°27′7″N 36°33′24″E
Country	Syria
Governorate	Homs
District	Al-Qusayr
Subdistrict	Al-Qusayr
Population  (2004)
• Total	5,328
Time zone	UTC+3 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (EEST)

History

It is considered to be the site of the ancient town of Riblah (Numbers 34:11 ), whose tell is covered by a cemetery not far from the modern town.^[5][6] In Roman times, the town also bore the name Daphne.^[7]

References

1. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Homs Governorate. (in Arabic)
2. Smith, 1841, p. 176.
3. Choufi, Firas. On the Frontline of the Battle for Syria’s Lebanese Villages. 2013-03-02.
4. "Updated List of Churches and Monasteries and Shrines Damaged in the Syrian Crisis (22 Dec 2013)". Byzantine Catholic Church in America. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
5. Avraham Negev and Shimon Gibson (2001). Riblah. New York and London: Continuum. p. 435. ISBN 0-8264-1316-1. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
6. Ferrell Jenkins (2 March 2009). "Riblah in the land of Hamath". Ferrell's Travel Blog. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
7. Saadia Gaon (1984). Yosef Qafih (ed.). Rabbi Saadia Gaon's Commentaries on the Pentateuch (in Hebrew) (4 ed.). Jerusalem: Mossad Harav Kook. p. 164 (note 6). OCLC 232667032., citing Targum Jonathan and Bar Droma, Chaim (1958). Wezeh gevul haares: the true boundaries of the Holy Land according to the sources (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Hotsaʼat sefarim Beʼer le-ḥeḳer ha-Miḳra ṿeha-arets. p. 273. OCLC 654298149.

Bibliography

• Smith, Eli; Robinson, Edward (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838. Vol. 3. Crocker and Brewster.