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=='''<div id="540"></div>BAAL-HAZOR'''==

having a courtyard, or Baal's village, the place on the borders of Ephraim and Benjamin where Absalom held the feast of sheep-shearing when Amnon was assassinated (2 Sam. 13:23). 

Probably it is the same with Hazor (Neh. 11:33), now Tell' Asur, 5 miles north-east of Bethel. 

The place where Amnon was killed 2Sa 13:23

=='''<div id="541"></div>BAAL-HERMON'''==

lord of Hermon. 

(1.) A city near Mount Hermon inhabited by the Ephraimites (1 Chr. 5:23). 
Probably identical with Baal-gad (Josh. 11:17). 

(2.) A mountain east of Lebanon (Judg. 3:3). 
Probably it may be the same as Mount Hermon, or one of its three peaks

1. A city near Mount Hermon 1Ch 5:23 .Identical with '''BAAL-GAD''', which see 
2. A mountain of Lebanon Jud 3:3

=='''<div id="542"></div>BAALIM'''==

Plural form of '''BAAL''' Jud 2:11; 1Sa 7:4; Ho 2:13, 17; 11:2

See <strong>[[BAAL to BAAL-HANAN#530|BAAL]]</strong>

=='''<div id="543"></div>BAALI'''==

my lord, a title the prophet (Hos. 2:16) reproaches the Jewish church for applying to Jehovah, instead of the more endearing title Ishi, meaning "my husband." 

An appellation of JEHOVAH Ho 2:16

=='''<div id="544"></div>BAALIS'''==

king of the Ammonites at the time of the Babylonian captivity (Jer. 40:14). 

He hired Ishmael to slay Gedaliah who had been appointed governor over the cities of Judah.

King of the Ammonites Jer 40:14

=='''<div id="545"></div>BAAL-MEON'''==

A city of the Reubenites Nu 32:38; 1Ch 5:8; Eze 25:9

Called '''BETH-MEON''' Jer 48:23

'''BETH-BAAL-MEON''' Jos 13:17

'''BEON''' Nu 32:3

=='''<div id="546"></div>BAAL-PEOR'''==

lord of the opening, a god of the Moabites (Num. 25:3; 31:16; Josh. 22:17), worshipped by obscene rites. 

So called from Mount Peor, where this worship was celebrated, the Baal of Peor. The Israelites fell into the worship of this idol (Num. 25:3, 5, 18; Deut. 4:3; Ps. 106:28; Hos. 9:10). 

An idol of Moab Nu 25:3, 5; Deut 4:3; Ps 106:28; Ho 9:10

=='''<div id="547"></div>BAAL-PERAZIM'''==

A place in the valley of Rephaim 2Sa 5:20; 1Ch 14:11
Called PERAZIM Isa 28:21

=='''<div id="548"></div>BAAL-SHALISHA'''==

lord of Shalisha, a place from which a man came with provisions for Elisha, apparently not far from Gilgal (2 Kings 4:42). It has been identified with Sirisia, 13 miles north of Lydda. 

Baal having rents, bursts, or destructions, the scene of a victory gained by David over the Philistines (2 Sam. 5:20; 1 Chr. 14:11). 
Called Mount Perazim (Isa. 28:21). 
It was near the valley of Rephaim, west of Jerusalem. Identified with the modern Jebel Aly. 

A place near Gilgal 1Sa 9:4; 2Ki 4:42

=='''<div id="549"></div>BAAL-TAMAR'''==

lord of palm trees, a place in the tribe of Benjamin near Gibeah of Saul (Judg. 20:33). 
It was one of the sanctuaries or groves of Baal. Probably the palm tree of Deborah (Judg. 4:5) is alluded to in the name. 

A place near Gibeah Jud 20:33