Baal-gad
“idol of fortune or felicity” Hitchcock's 18693 mentions, all in Joshua
Where it is
No coordinates are recorded for this place.
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Counted from 3 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
About this place
Baal Gad marked the northern end of the land Joshua took: “from Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon” (Joshua 11:17; see Joshua 12:7). The land that still remained to be taken included “all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad under Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath” (Joshua 13:5). Its exact site is not known.
Article: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · corrected by Gospel Companion from the verses
Every mention
3 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Joshua 3 mentions
Joshua 11:17from Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon. He took all their kings, struck them, and put them to death.Joshua 12:7These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir.…Joshua 13:5and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad under Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath;
What the dictionary says
Lord of fortune, or troop of Baal, a Canaanite city in the valley of Lebanon at the foot of Hermon, hence called Baal-hermon (Judge. 3:3; 1 Chr. 5:23), near…
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Read the article →Sources
- Gospel Companion · written from the verses (WEB) for this entry
- Corrected by Gospel Companion · Joshua 12:7 names Baal Gad, a town in the valley of Lebanon, not Mount Hermon; these verses name Baal Gad 'under Mount Hermon'; the mountain keeps its own link
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain