Baalath

Baalath is the name of either one or two towns in the Hebrew Bible.[1] Its name is the female form of Baal.[2]

Joshua 19:44 lists Baalath among Danite towns in the territory of the tribe of Dan. According to 1 Kings 9:17-19, Solomon either built or rebuilt several cities, including one named Baalath.

References

  1. For the existence of one or two Balaaths, see Walter A. Elwell; Philip Wesley Comfort (2001). Tyndale Bible Dictionary. Tyndale House Publishers. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-8423-7089-9.
  2. Karel van der Toorn; Bob Becking; Pieter Willem van der Horst, eds. (1999). Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible (2d, "extensively revised." ed.). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-8028-2491-2.


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