Baal-hermon
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| Type | mountain and settlement |
|---|---|
| Also called | Baal Hermon, Baal-Hermon |
| Most likely | another name for Mount Hermon (medium confidence) |
| Coordinates | 33.400° N, 35.850° E |
| Mentioned in | 1 verse |
| First mention | 1 Chronicles 5:23 |
Baal-hermon is a mountain and settlement named in 1 verse of the Bible. It is most likely another name for Mount Hermon (medium confidence; 2 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| another name for Mount Hermon | medium (58%) | 33.400° N, 35.850° E |
| another name for Baal-gad | low (23%) | 33.383° N, 35.683° E |
| Banias | very low (3%) | 33.246° N, 35.693° E |
Verses
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 5:23And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal–hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.Now the people of the half-tribe of Manasseh were numerous. They settled in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon (that is, Senir, also known as Mount Hermon).
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.