Topic
Baca, Valley of
1 passage cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Psalms 84:6Easton
Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
(Ps. 84:6; R.V., “valley of weeping,” marg., “or balsam trees”), probably a valley in some part of Palestine, or generally some one of the valleys through which pilgrims had to pass on their way to the sanctuary of Jehovah on Zion; or it may be figuratively “a valley of weeping.”
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.