Baal
Lord,1. In the Old Testament denotes an idol of the Phoenicians, and particularly of the Tyrians, whose worship was also introduced with great solemnities among the Hebrews, and...
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A Dictionary of the Holy Bible, American Tract Society, c. 1859, edited by W. W. Rand.
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Baal-Gad’
A city in the valley of Lebanon at the foot of Hermon; the northernmost point, to which the wars of Joshua reached, Jos 11:17; 12:7; 13:5. It was perhaps the same as Baal-Hermon...
Baal-Hazor
Where Absalom kept his flocks, 2Sa 13:23, was near Ephraim, a city of Judah, some eight miles east of Jerusalem.
Baal-Meon
In Reuben beyond the Jordan, Nu 32:38; called also Bethmeon, Jer 48:23, and Beth-baal-meon, Jos 13:17. Its ruins are found two miles southeast of Heshbon. Eze 25:9, speaks of it...
Baal-Perazim
Place of breaches, a name given by David to the scene of a battle with the Philistines, 2Sa 5:20; 1Ch 14:11; Isa 28:21. It was in the valley of Rephaim, not far southwest of Jer...
Baal-Zephon
A town in Egypt, probably near the modern Suez. Its location is unknown, as are the details of the route of the Hebrews on leaving Egypt. They encamped "over against" and "befor...
Baalah
A town in the tribe of Simeon, Jos 15:29; 19:3; called also Bilhah, 1Ch 4:29. The same as Kirjathjearim.
Baalath
A town in the tribe of God, Jos 19:44. This lay not far from Bethhoron. It is uncertain whether it is the same as the Baalath rebuilt by Solomon, 1Ki 9:182Ch 8:6.
Baalis
King of the Ammonites in the time of the captivity. He caused the assassination of Gedaliah, then governor of Judah, Jer 40:14; 41:1- 10.
Baanah And Rechab
Sons of Rimmon, in the services of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul. Thinking to obtain a reward from David, they secretly slew their master while reposing at noon, and carried his h...
Baasha
Son of Ahijah, and commander of the armies of Nadab, king of Israel. He killed his master treacherously at the siege of Gibbethon, and usurped the kingdom, B.C. 953, which he po...
Babel
Confusion, the name of a lofty tower, begun to be built by the descendants of Noah among who Nimrod was a leader, about one hundred and twenty years after the flood; so called b...
Babylon
1. A celebrated city situated on the Euphrates, the original foundation of which is described under the word Babel. Wit this coincide many ancient traditions, while some speak o...
Babylonia
The province of which Babylon was the capital; now the Babylonian or Arabian Irak, which constitutes the pashalic of Bagdad. This celebrated province included the track of count...
Baca
Tears, or weeping, Ps 84:6. It is not necessary to understand here that there was really a valley so called. The psalmist, at a distance from Jerusalem, is speaking of the happi...
Badger
A small inoffensive animal, of the bear genus, which remains torpid all winter. It is an inhabitant of cold countries, and is not found in Palestine. Hence many think the "badge...
Bag
De 25:13Lu 12:33. Eastern money was often sealed up in bags containing a certain sum, for which they passed current while the seal remained unbroken, 2Ki 12:10.
Bahurim
A town of Benjamin, near Jerusalem, on the road to the Jordan. It is several times mentioned in the history of David, 2Sa 3:16; 16:5; 17:18.
Bajith
The site of a temple in Moab, where the king offered vain supplications against the Assyrians, Isa 15:2.
Balaam
A celebrated diviner, of the city Pethor, on the Euphrates, Nu 22:5. Balak, king of Moab, having seen the multitudes of Israel, and fearing they would attack his country, sent f...
Balak
King of Moab, when the Israelites were drawing near the promised land. He was filled with terror lest they should attack and destroy him, as they had Sihon and Og, and implored ...
Baldness (Natural Or Artificial)
It was customary among eastern nations to cut off the hair of the head, or to shave the head, as a token of mourning, on the death of a relative, Job 1:20Jer 16:6. This was forb...
Balm, Or More Properly, Balsam
The gum or inspissated juice which exudes from the balsam-tree, the Opobalsamum, which was anciently frequent in Judea, and particularly in Gilead, Jer 8:22; 46:11. It was recko...
Bamah, Plural Bamoth
High places, Eze 20:29. Bamoth-baal was a station of the Hebrews, in the border of Moab, Nu 21:20 22:41; afterwards assigned to the tribe of Reuben, Jos 13:17. Baal was worshipp...
Baptism
The holy ordinance by which persons are admitted as members of the Christian community. It is administered in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and is a visib...
Baptism With The Holy Ghost And With Fire
Mt 3:11; Lu 3:16. Christ is speaking in these places of the wheat and the chaff-the men who receive him and those who reject him. The former class shall be abundantly endued wit...
Bar-Jesus
SeeELYMAS.