The manuscript requires major revision, particularly in response to the concerns raised by Reviewer 2, that need to be comprehensively addressed.

Thank you for revising the manuscript in response to reviewers’ comments. Further effort is required to refine the manuscript. Reviewer 2 pointed out the lack of discussion about uncertainty, error bars or box-plots in results. This concern has not been adequately addressed. The validation against Lebanon 1:50,000 map is not clearly explained. Comparison with Global SOC map and Soilgrids 250m needs to be strengthened.
The connection between the mapping and the discussion on measures to enhance soil carbon needs to be explained.
There are many instances of technical aspects that require rewording for accuracy or greater clarity, and where poor English grammar and punctuation requires correction. Many examples of text requiring rewording are marked in the attachment. Technical editing by a scientific English editor is recommended.

Thank you for revising the manuscript and providing explanations of the changes. I find it much improved, and suitable for publication subject to a few remaining minor corrections. I have annotated the manuscript to show the remaining matters that require your attention.

Dear Authors,

Thank you very much for choosing SOIL as a journal to publish your work and for working diligently with the topical editor and reviewers to improve the manuscript. The topical editor is asking for a few more minor changes before you submit the final version of your manuscript to be published. Thus, once you have done those, then we can go ahead with publishing your manuscript.

best regards,
Jo