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Baalah

Meaning: mistress; city

This is the name of 2 biblical cities and 1 mountain.

  1. Baalah, a city in the south of Judah (Joshua 15:29), elsewhere called Balah (Joshua 19:3) and Bilhah (1 Chronicles 4:29).

    Now Khurbet Zebalah.

  2. Baalah, a city on the northern border of the tribe of Judah (Joshua 15:10), called also Kirjath-jearim, q.v. (Joshua 15:9; 1 Chronicles 13:6)

  3. Baalah, a mountain on the northwestern boundary of Judah and Dan (Joshua 15:11)

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Article Version: June 1, 2021