Atlas  Baalath 2 (Baalath) and surrounding area Maps Created using Biblemapper 3.0 Additional data from OpenBible.info Occurrences 1 Kings 9:18 and Baalath, and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land,2 Chronicles 8:6 and Baalath, and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. Encyclopedia BAALATHba'-a-lath ba`alath; (A, Baalon): 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." |
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