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).
   

Ebal, ancient heaps