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BAAL, BAALAH, BAALATH . 1 . = Kiriath-jearim ( 1 Chronicles 13:6 , Joshua 15:9-10 ). 2 . Baalath-beer ( Joshua 19:8 , 1 Chronicles 4:33 [Baal]), a site in the Negeb. 3 . A city in the S. of Judah ( Joshua 15:29; Joshua 19:3 , 1 Chronicles 4:29 ). 4 . Mount Baalab, between Ekron and Jabneel ( Joshua 15:11 ), possibly, as M. Clermont-Gannean has suggested, the river (not mountain) of Baal (now Nahr Rubin ). 5 . An unknown town of Dan ( Joshua 19:44 ). 6 . An unknown town ( 1 Kings 9:18 = 2 Chronicles 8:6 ).

E. W. G. Masterman.