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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(
Jer. 48:23
23
And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon, (Jeremiah 48:23)
). Contraction of
Beth
-
baal
-meon.
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
City of
Reuben
on the
east
of the
Jordan
(
Jer. 48:23
23
And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon, (Jeremiah 48:23)
). Apparently also called
BAAL
-MEON,
BETH
-BAAL-MEON, and
BEON
, (
Josh. 13:17
17
Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, (Joshua 13:17)
;
Num. 32:3,38
3
Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, (Numbers 32:3)
38
And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. (Numbers 32:38)
) (which says “their
names
being changed”);
1 Chronicles 5:8
8
And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon: (1 Chronicles 5:8)
and
Ezekiel 25:9
9
Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, (Ezekiel 25:9)
speak of it as a city that was “the
glory
of the country.” Identified with the ruins at
Tell Maain
, 31° 41’ N, 35° 44’ E.
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
house of habitation (see Baal-meon)