Baalah
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Mistress; city.
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.
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.
A mountain on the north-western boundary of Judah and Dan (Josh 15:11).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ba'-a-la ba`alah; ("possessor," "mistress "): Three occurrences of this name:
(1) = Kiriath-Jearim (which see) (Josh 15:9; Josh 15:10; 1 Chr 13:6).
(2) A city in the Negeb of Judah (Josh 15:29). In Josh 19:3 Balah and in 1 Chr 4:29 Bilhah; perhaps also Boaloth of Josh 15:24. The site is unknown; but see PEF, III, 26.
(3) Mount Baalah (Josh 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
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