Reference: Baal-zephon

A town in Egypt, probably near the modern Suez. Its location is unknown, as are the details of the route of the Hebrews on leaving Egypt. They encamped "over against" and "before" Baal-zephon before crossing the Red Sea. Ex 14:2; Nu 33:7.

Baal of the north, an Egyptian town on the shores of the Gulf of Suez (Ex 14:2; Nu 33:7), over against which the children of Israel encamped before they crossed the Red Sea. It is probably to be identified with the modern Jebel Deraj or Kulalah, on the western shore of the Gulf of Suez. Baal-zapuna of the Egyptians was a place of worship.

Ex 14:2; Nu 33:7; the name of a place near the spot where the Israelites crossed the Red Sea, apparently a shrine of 'Baal of the north.' The corresponding goddess 'Baalit of the north' is named along with the god of Kesem (Goshen), in an Egyp. papyrus of the New Kingdom, as worshipped at Memphis.

F. Ll. Griffith.