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Baal-hermon

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Baal-hermon [Judg 3:3 ; 1Chr 5:23 ] is generally considered to be Mount Hermon or a sanctuary on this mountain. It is known that this mountain range has three names [Deut 3:9 ], and Baal-hermon could be a fourth name, commonly used among the Phoenician worshippers of Baal. The mountain formed the northwestern boundary of the territory assigned to half the tribe of Manasseh, east of the Jordan.

Biblical Dictionary by Adolf Novotný

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Baal-hermon

lord of Hermon.

(1.) A city near Mount Hermon inhabited by the Ephraimites (1Chr 5:23 ). Probably identical with Baal-gad (Josh 11:17 ).

(2.) A mountain east of Lebanon (Judg 3:3 ). Probably it may be the same as Mount Hermon, or one of its three peaks.

EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary