- BAALATH a town of the tribe of Dan (Joshua 19:44). It was fortified by
Solomon (1 Kings 9:18; 2 Chronicles 8:6). Some have identified it with
Bel’ain, in Wady Deir Balut. - BAALATH-BEER Baalah of the well, (Joshua 19:8, probably the same as
Baal, mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:33, a city of Simeon. - BAALBEC called by the Greeks Heliopolis i.e., “the city of the sun”,
because of its famous Temple of the Sun, has by some been supposed to
be Solomon’s “house of the forest of Lebanon” (1 Kings 7:2; 10:17; 2
Chronicles 9:16); by others it is identified with Baal-gad (q.v.). It was a
city of Coele-Syria, on the lowest declivity of Anti-Libanus, about 42
miles north-west of Damascus. It was one of the most splendid of Syrian
cities, existing from a remote antiquity. After sustaining several sieges
under the Moslems and others, it was finally destroyed by an earthquake
in 1759. Its ruins are of great extent. - BAAL-BERITH covenant Lord, the name of the God worshipped in
Shechem after the death of Gideon (Judges 8:33; 9:4). In 9:46 he is called
simply “the God Berith.” The name denotes the God of the covenant into
which the Israelites entered with the Canaanites, contrary to the command
of Jehovah (Exodus 34:12), when they began to fall away to the worship
of idols. - BAALE OF JUDAH lords of Judah, a city in the tribe of Judah from
which David brought the ark into Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6:2). Elsewhere (1
Chronicles 13:6) called Kirjath-jearim. (See BAALAH.) - BAAL-GAD Lord of fortune, or troop of Baal, a Canaanite city in the
valley of Lebanon at the foot of Hermon, hence called Baal-hermon (Judge.
3:3; 1 Chronicles 5:23), near the source of the Jordan (Joshua 13:5; 11:17;
12:7). It was the most northern point to which Joshua’s conquests
extended. It probably derived its name from the worship of Baal. Its
modern representative is Banias. Some have supposed it to be the same as
Baalbec. - BAAL-HAMON place of a multitude, a place where Solomon had an
extensive vineyard (Cant. 8:11). It has been supposed to be identical with
Baal-gad, and also with Hammon in the tribe of Asher (Joshua 19:28).
Others identify it with Belamon, in Central Palestine, near Dothaim.
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