Baalath-beer
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| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Also called | Baal, Baalath Beer, Baalath, Baalat-Beor |
| Most likely | another name for Bealoth (Joshua 15) (low confidence) |
| Coordinates | 30.991° N, 34.911° E |
| Mentioned in | 2 verses |
| First mention | Joshua 19:8 |
Baalath-beer is a settlement named in 2 verses of the Bible. It is most likely another name for Bealoth (Joshua 15) (low confidence; 7 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 Bealoth (Joshua 15) | low (17%) | 30.991° N, 34.911° E |
| Beer Yeroham | very low (10%) | 30.991° N, 34.911° E |
| Tel Malhata | very low (9%) | 31.217° N, 35.026° E |
| another name for Ramah (Joshua 19) 3 | very low (9%) | 31.233° N, 34.987° E |
| Tel Masos | very low (6%) | 31.212° N, 34.958° E |
| Tel Ira | very low (5%) | 31.233° N, 34.987° E |
| another name for Kinah | very low (5%) | 31.209° N, 35.166° E |
| another name for Baalath (1 Kings 9) | very low (3%) | 31.839° N, 34.782° E |
Verses
Joshua
- Joshua 19:8And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalath–beer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.and all the villages surrounding these cities as far as Baalath-beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Simeon.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 4:33And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record:
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.