בַּעֲלָהBaʻălâh
proper name [of a location]: a city of Judah (Joshua 15:9; Joshua 15:10; Joshua 15:11; Joshua 15:29; 1 Chronicles 13:6)
Pronunciation: bah-al-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1173
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 15:9 From there the boundary extended from the top of the mountain to the spring at the waters of Nephtoah, and from there to the towns on Mount Ephron. Then it turned toward Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim).
- Joshua 15:10 The boundary circled west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passed along to the town of Kesalon on the northern slope of Mount Jearim, and went down to Beth-shemesh and on to Timnah.
- Joshua 15:11 The boundary then proceeded to the slope of the hill north of Ekron, where it turned toward Shikkeron and Mount Baalah. It passed Jabneel and ended at the Mediterranean Sea.
- Joshua 15:29 Baalah, Iim, Ezem,
- 2 Samuel 6:2 He led them to Baalah of Judah to bring back the Ark of God, which bears the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, who is enthroned between the cherubim.
- 1 Chronicles 13:6 Then David and all Israel went to Baalah of Judah (also called Kiriath-jearim) to bring back the Ark of God, which bears the name of the Lord who is enthroned between the cherubim.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).