Bamoth-baal Summary
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Bamoth-baal was a Moabite high place where Balak took Balaam to curse Israel.
Bamoth-baal
PlaceMoabite high place where Balak took Balaam.
Names
- en Bamoth-baal
- en Bamoth/-baal · Also called
- en Bamoth/ Baal · Also called
- en Baal-bamoth · Also called
- en Bamoth Baal · Also called
- he בָּמוֹת+H1168I«H1168a=בַּעַל · H1120H
- he בַּעֲלֵי בָּמוֹת · H1181
- bg Бамот-Ваал
Location
Kind: City
Modern name: Khirbet el Quweiqiyeh
Certainty: Probable
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Bamoth-baal Article
STEPBible TIPNR
Bamoth-baal, meaning "high places of Baal," was a Moabite place of worship mentioned in Numbers 22:41. It was one of the locations where Balak, the king of Moab, took the prophet Balaam to curse the Israelites as they were passing through the region. From Bamoth-baal, Balaam could see a portion of the Israelite camp. The place was likely situated on an elevated location, as its name suggests, and was associated with the worship of the Canaanite deity Baal. In Joshua 13:17, Bamoth-baal is listed as one of the towns allotted to the tribe of Reuben in the territory east of the Jordan River. Numbers 21:28 also mentions Bamoth-baal in the context of the Amorite conquest of Moab before the Israelites arrived in the area.
Bamoth-baal Dictionary
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Heights of Baal, a place on the river Arnon, or in the plains through which it flows, east of Jordan (Josh. 13:17; comp. Num. 21:28). It has been supposed to be the same place as Bamoth.
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