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Fausets

A town of Simeon (1Ch 4:33), identical with BAALATH BEER (Jos 19:8), i.e. "Baal of the well", "holy well". Also called RAMATH (NEGEB, "the heights (Ramath) of the S." (Negeb), a parched region (Jos 19:8).

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Smith

Ba'al,

geographical. This word occurs as the prefix or suffix to the names of several places in Palestine, some of which are as follows:

1. BAAL a town of Simeon, named only in

1Ch 4:33

which from the parallel list in

Jos 19:8

seems to have been identical with BAALATH-BEER.

2. BAALAH (mistress).

See Baalah

a. Another name for KIRJATH-JEARIM, or KIRJATH BAAL, the well-known town now Kuriet el Enab.

See Kirjathjearim

See Kirjath

Jos 15:9-10; 1Ch 13:6

b. A town in the south of Judah,

Jos 15:29

which in Josh 19:3 is called BALAH, and in the parallel list,

See Balah

1Ch 4:29

BILHAH.

See Bilhah

3. BAALATH (mistress), a town of Dan named with Gibbethon, Gath-rim-mon and other Philistine places.

See Baalath

Jos 19:44

4. BAALATH-BEER (lord of the well). BAAL 1, a town among those in the south part of Judah, given to Simeon, which also bore the name of RAMATH-NEGEB, or "the height of the south."

Jos 19:8

5. BAAL-GAD (lord of fortune), used to denote the most northern,

Jos 11:17; 12:7

or perhaps northwestern,

Jos 13:5

point to which Joshua's victories extended. It was in all probability a Phoenician or Canaanite sanctuary of Baal under the aspect of Gad or Fortune.

6. BAAL-HAMON (lord of a multitude), a place at which Solomon had a vineyard, evidently of great extent.

Song 8:11

7. BAAL-HAZOR (village of Baal), a place where Absalom appears to have had a sheep-farm, and where Amnon was murdered.

2Sa 13:23

8. MOUNT BAAL-HERMON (Lord of Hermon),

See Mount

See Mount, Mountain

Jg 3:3

and simply Baal-hermon.

1Ch 5:23

This is usually considered as a distinct place from Mount Hermon; but we know that this mountain had at least three names

De 3:9

and Baal-hermon may have been a fourth in use among the Phoenician worshippers.

9. BAAL-MEON (lord of the house), one of the towns which were built by the Reubenites.

Nu 32:38

It also occurs in

1Ch 5:8

and on each occasion with Nebo. In the time of Ezekiel it was Moabite, one of the cities which were the "glory of the country."

Eze 25:9

10. BAAL-PERAZIM (lord of divisions), the scene of a victory of David over the Philistines, and of a great destruction of their images.

2Sa 5:20; 1Ch 14:11

See

Isa 28:21

where it is called MOUNT PERAZIM.

See Mount

See Mount, Mountain

See Perazim

11. BAAL-SHALISHA (lord of Shalisha), a place named only in

2Ki 4:42

apparently not far from Gilgal; comp.

2Ki 4:38

12. BAAL-TAMAR (lord of the palm tree), a place named only in

Jg 20:33

as near Gibeah of Benjamin. The palm tree (tamar) of Deborah,

Jg 4:5

was situated somewhere in the locality, and is possibly alluded to.

13. BAAL-ZEPHON (lord of the north), a place in Egypt near where the Israelites crossed the Red Sea.

Nu 33:7; Eze 14:2,9

We place Baal-zephon on the western shore of the Gulf of Suez, a little below its head, which at that time was about 30 or 40 miles northward of the Present head.

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