Topic
Baalah
8 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Joshua 15:10Easton · ISBE · Nave 3. A mountain in the territory of the tribe of Judah — Probably identical with MOUNT JEARIM
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
- Joshua 15:11Easton · ISBE · Nave 3. A mountain in the territory of the tribe of Judah
And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
- Joshua 15:29Easton · ISBE · Nave 1. A city in the south of Judah
Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,
- Joshua 19:3Easton · ISBE · Nave 1. A city in the south of Judah — Apparently identical with BALAH
And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Azem,
- 1 Chronicles 4:29Easton · ISBE · Nave 1. A city in the south of Judah — And BILHAH
And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
- 1 Chronicles 13:6Easton · ISBE
And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
- Joshua 15:9ISBE
And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim:
- Joshua 15:24ISBE
Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 7 references
Mistress; city. (1.) A city in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:29), elsewhere called Balah (Josh. 19:3) and Bilhah (1 Chr. 4:29). Now Khurbet Zebalah.
(2.) A city on the northern border of the tribe of Judah (Josh. 15:10), called also Kirjath-jearim, q.v. (15:9; 1 Chr. 13:6), now Kuriet-el-Enab, or as some think, ‘Erma.
(3.) A mountain on the north-western boundary of Judah and Dan (Josh. 15:11).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 8 references
ba'-a-la ba`alah; ("possessor," "mistress "): Three occurrences of this name:
(1) = KIRIATH-JEARIM (which see) (Jos 15:9,10; 1Ch 13:6).
(2) A city in the Negeb of Judah (Jos 15:29). In Jos 19:3 Balah and in 1Ch 4:29 Bilhah; perhaps also Boaloth of Jos 15:24. The site is unknown; but see PEF, III, 26.
(3) Mount Baalah (Jos 15:11), a mountain ridge between Shikkeron (Ekron) and Jabnoel unless, as seems probable, the suggestion of M. Clermont-Ganneau (Rev. Crit, 1897, 902) is correct that for har ( = "mount"), we should read nahar ("river"). In this case the border in question would be the Nahr rubin. Here there is an annual feast held--attended by all classes and famous all over Syria--which appears to be a real survival of "Baal worship."
E. W. G. Masterman
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 5 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.