High places, Eze 20:29. Bamoth-baal was a station of the Hebrews, in the border of Moab, Nu 21:20; 22:41; afterwards assigned to the tribe of Reuben, Jos 13:17. Baal was worshipped there, and it was perhaps the "high places" referred to in Isa 15:2. See HIGH PLACES.
And from Bamoth to the valley in the open country of Moab, and to the top of Pisgah looking over Jeshimon.
And in the morning Balak took Balaam up to the high places of Baal, and from there he was able to see the outer limits of the people.
Heshbon and all her towns in the table-land; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon;
The daughter of Dibon has gone up to the high places, weeping: Moab is sounding her cry of sorrow over Nebo, and over Medeba: everywhere the hair of the head and of the face is cut off.
Then I said to them, What is this high place where you go to no purpose? And it is named Bamah to this day.
Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain