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GEOGRAPHY

Baal (I Par., iv, 33), probably identical with Baalath Beer Ramath (Jos., xix, 8; Simeon), poss. Biar Mayin, or Tell el-Lekiyeh, N. of Bersabee.

Baala, 1 (Jos., xv, 9, etc. ; Juda) old name of Cariath- iarira. — 2 (Jos., xv, 29, etc.; S. Juda), also Bala; perhaps Ivh. tJmm-Baghle, N.E. of Bersabee.

Baalam (I Par., vi, 70; Heb. 55; W. Manassas), also Balaam; possibly Jeblaam (Jos., xvii, 11): Bir Bel- 'araeh, S. of Jenin.

Baalath (Jos., xix, 44; N. Dan), also Balaath (II Par., viii, 6), prob. Bel'ain, N.W. of Beit t7r.

Baalath Beer Ramalh. See Baal.

Baalbek (q.v.).

Baalgad (Jos., xi, 17, etc.), at the foot of Mt. Her- mon: Banij'as.

Baal Hamon (Cant., viii, 11; D.V. "that which hath people"), poss. identical with Balamon (Judith, viii, 3); perh. Ivh. Bel'ameh, S. of Jenin.

Baalhasor (II Ivings, xiii, 23), poss. Tell 'Ajiir, N.E. of Beitin.

Baal Herman (Judges, iii, 3, etc.). WTiether it is a city or a mountain is doubtful; supposed to be the same as Baalgad.

Baalmeon (Jos., xvii, 17, etc.), also Baalmaon, Beel- mean, Bethmaon: TeU JIa'in, S.W. of Madaba.

Baal PeoT, A.V. for Beelphegor.

Baal Pharasim (II Kings, v, 20), in the neighbour- hood of the Valley of Raphaim, S. of Jerusalem.

Baal Salisa (IV Kings, iv, 42): prob. Kh. Sarisia, 15 m. N.E. of Lydda.

Baalthamar (Judges, xx, 33; Benjamin), N.W. of Gabaa, about Kh. 'Adase.

Babylon. See Babylo.via.

Bahurim (II Kings, iii, 16, etc.), on the slope of Mt. Olivet, poss. Kh. ez-Zambi, or Kh. Buqei'dan.

Bala, 1 (Gen., xiv, 2). See Segor. — 2. See Baala 2.

Balaam. See Baalam.

Balaath. See Baalath.

Baloth (Jos., XV, 24; S. Juda), poss. identical with Baalath Beer Ramath. Otherwise unknown.

Bamoth (Num., xxi, 19; Moab). Site unknown, between Diban and Main.

Bamothbaal (Jos., xiii, 17), prob. the same.

Bane (Jos., xix, 45; Dan), also Bane Barach; Assyr.: Banaaibarga; prob. 'Ibn-'Ibrak, E. of Jaffa.

Banias. See C^s.\rea Philippi.

Barach. See Bane. _

Barad (Gen., xvi): Umm el-Bared, S.E. of Cades.

Barasa (I Mach., v, 26): Bo$ra, in the Hauran.

Basan (Deut., iii, 4), a region S. of the Plain of Damascus; at first the Kingdom of Og, then given to the tribe of Manasses.

Bascama (I Mach., xiii, 23), perh. Tell-Bazuk, in Jolan.

Bascaih (Jos., xv, 39; plain of Juda), somewhere around Lachis. Unknown.

Bashan, A.V. for Basan.

Bathuel (I Par., iv, 30; Simeon). See Bethul.

Baziothia (Jos., xv, 28; S. Juda), an unidentified city in the neighbourhood of Bersabee — unless the text is corrupt.

Beelmeon. See Baalmeon.

Beelphegor (q.v.).

Beelsephon (Ex., xiv, 2); Egypt.: Bali Saptina. If a mountain, poss. Jebel 'Attaka, S.W. of Suez.

Beer (Num., xxi, 16; D.V.: "the weU"), prob. in the Wady Themed, S.S.E. of Madaba.

Beer Elim (Is., xv, 8; D.V.: "the well of EHm"); the same as Beer.

Belamon. See Baal Hamon.

Belma. See Baal Hamon.

Belmen (Judith, iv, 4 omitt. in Vulg.), between Bethoron and Jericho.

Benejaacan (Num., xxxiii, 31), Birein, north of Cades.

Benennom (II Par., xxviii, 3), valley S. of Jerusalem.

See JERU.SALEM.

Beon (Num., xxxii, 3). See Baalmeon.

Bera (Judges, ix, 21), prob. El-Bireh, N. of Jerusalem.

Berdan (Gen., xxi, 32; D.V.: "well of oath"), Tell el-Qady, W.S.W. of Bersabee.

Berea (I Mach. be 4), commonly identified with El-Bireh.

Beraea (q.v.).

Beromi (II Kings, xxiii, 31), the same as Bahurim.

Beroth (q.v.)

Berotha (II Engs, viii, 8), Bereitan, S. of Baalbek.

Bersabee (q.v.).

Besecath (IV Kings, xxii, 1). See Bascath.

Besor, a river S.W. of Gaza, prob. Wady esh-Sheri'a.

Bessur (Jos., xVj 58). See Bethsur.

Bctane (Judith, i, 9; omitt. in Vulg.), a name poss. misspelled, points to a place S. of Jeru.salem.

Bete (II Ivings, viii, 8 ; I Par., xviii, 8, has Thebath), possibly Taj-ibeh, on the road from Hamath to Aleppo ; or more prob. Tayibeh, S. of Baalbek.

Beten (Jos., xix, 25 ; Aser) : El-Baneh, E. of Acre.

Bethabara. See Beth.^ny Beyond the Jordan.

Se^/iocad (IV Kings, X, 12; D.V. : "shepherd's cabin"), more prob. a proper name: Beit Qad, betw. Mt. Gelboe and Jenin.

Bethacarem (Jer., vi, 1; II Esd., iii, 14; Juda), also Bethacharam. Unknown; supposed to be some place on the Jebel el-Fureidis, S.E. of Bethlehem. _ Bethanan (III Kings, iv, 9; Benjamin), perhaps Beit 'Arnin, W. of Nebi Sarawil.

Bethanath (Jos., xi.x, 38; Nephtali), prob. 'Aintta, near Cades of Nephtali.

Bethany (q.v.).

Bethanoth (Jos., xv, 59; mount, of Juda), ICh. Beit- "Anun, N.E. of Hebron.

Bctharaba (Jos., xv, 6, etc.; E. of Juda), unknown; must have been in the neighbourhood of Jericho.

Bitharam (Jos., xiii, 27). See Bethar.^n.

Betharan (q.v.).

Beth .4 rbel (Osee, x, 14 ; D.V. " the house of him that judgeth Baal"), prob. the same place as Arbella.

Betharen (Gen., xii, S): poss. ICh. Haiyan, also called El-Jir, E. of Beitin. — I Kngs, xiii, 5, Bethoron should probably be read instead of Bethaven,

Bethazmoth (I E.sd.,ii, 24). See Azmaveth.

Beth Baal Meon (Moabite Stone, line 30). See Baalmeon.

Bethbera (Judges, vii, 24), a ford of the Jordan, either N. of the confluence of the W. Jalud, or in the neighbourhood of Jericho.

Bethberai (I Par., iv, 31; Simeon), poss. Birein, betw. Cades and Ivlialasa.

Bethbessen (I Mach., ix, 62), prob. the same place as Beth Hagla.

Bethchar (I Ivings, xvii, 11), an unknown place in the neighbourhood of Maspha of Benjamin.

Bethdagon (q.v.).

Beth Deblathaim (Jer., xlviii, 22; D.V.: "the house of Deblathaim"; Moabite Stone, line 30). See Deblathaim.

Beth Eden (Amos, i, 5; Lebanon). Some: Jusieh el- Kadimeh ; others: Beit el-Jaune, between Baniyas and Damascus.

Bethel, 1 see s.v. — 2 (Jos., xii, 16; Simeon) an- other name for Bethul.

Bethemec (Jos., xix, 27; Aser), prob. 'Amqa, N.E. of Acre.

Bether (Cant., ii, 17; mount, of Juda), Ivh. Bettir, S.W. of Jerusalem, the last stronghold of the Jewish rebels in the second century.

Beth Esel (Mich, i, 11 : D.V. " the house adjoining"), perhaps the same place as A§al (Zach., xiv, 5); some place it E. of Mt. Olivet; some others S.of Jerusalem; some, finally, in the Sephela.

Bethgader (I Par., ii, 51). See Gader.

Bethgamul (Jer., xlviii, 23; Moab), Kh. Jemail, N.E. of Diban.

Beth-Haggan (IV Kings, ix, 27; D.V.: "garden- house"), prob. the same as Engannim, i.e. Jenin.