Baalah
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Baalah — 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).
Easton, M. (1996, c1897). Easton's Bible dictionary. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
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BA´ALAH (bāʹa-lā; “mistress”).
1. A city on the northern border of the tribe of Judah (Josh. 15:10), one of the religious sanctuaries of the ancient Gibeonites, as it appears (15:9) that Baalah and Kiriath-jearim were applicable to the same place. See 1 Chron. 13:6.
2. A city on the S of Judah (Josh. 15:29). Called Balah (19:3); also Bilhah (1 Chron. 4:29).
3. A mountain on the NW boundary of Judah, between Shikkeron and Jabneel (Josh. 15:11), usually regarded as the same as Mt. Jearim.
Unger, M. F., Harrison, R. K., Vos, H. F., Barber, C. J., & Unger, M. F. (1988). The new Unger's Bible dictionary. Revision of: Unger's Bible dictionary. 3rd ed. c1966. (Rev. and updated ed.). Chicago: Moody Press.
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Baalah (bayʹuh-luh), a feminine form of the word baal (Heb., ‘master’), the name of the Semitic fertility god; it is used to mean ‘the place of Baal.’ 1 Another name for Kiriath-jearim, a city on the northern border of Judah (Josh. 15:9-10) where David kept the Ark of the Covenant before moving it to Jerusalem (1 Chron. 13:6). The site is identified as modern Deir el-Azar or Tel Qiryat Yearim, about eight miles west and slightly north of Jerusalem. Baalah is also called Kiriath-baal (Heb., ‘the city of Baal,’ Josh. 15:60) and Baale-Judah (2 Sam. 6:2). 2 A city on the southern border of Judah, possibly the same one elsewhere called Balah (Josh. 19:3) and Bilhah (1 Chron. 4:29) and given to the tribe of Simeon. The site is not known. 3 A mountain on the northern border of Judah near Ekron (Josh. 15:11). See also Kiriath-jearim. D.R.B.
Achtemeier, P. J., Harper & Row, P., & Society of Biblical Literature. (1985). Harper's Bible dictionary. Includes index. (1st ed.) (85). San Francisco: Harper & Row.
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Baalah (Heb. ba˓ălâ)
1. Another name for Kiriath-jearim (Josh. 15:9).
2. A mountain on the boundary of the tribal territory of Judah, between Ekron and Jabneel (Josh. 15:11).
3. A city in the southern part of Judah (Josh. 15:29), perhaps the same as Balah (Josh. 19:3) or Bilhah (1 Chr. 4:29). It is presumably Tulul el-Medhbah near Khirbet el-Meshash/Tel Masos (between Beer-sheba and the Dead Sea).
Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (135). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
