Baal-meon
Baal-meon (Beth-baal-meon, Beth-meon, or Beon) was a Moabite town, allotted to Reuben, but later retaken by Moab.
The name Baal-meon means “idol or master of the house”
PlaceOld Testament5 books6 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Numbers 32:3; referred to as Baal-meon (בַּ֫עַל מְעוֹן), Beth/-baal-meon (בֵּית בַּ֫עַל מְעוֹן), Beth-meon (בֵּית מְעוֹן), or Beon (בְּעֹן).
Location
- Identified as
- Ma‘in
- Certainty
- Likely (80% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 31.680° N, 35.735° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- בֵּית+H1186«H1186=בַּ֫עַל מְעוֹןBeth-baal-meonmeans “an idol of the dwelling-place”
- בֵּית מְעוֹןBeth-meonmeans “house of the dwelling-place”
- בַּ֫עַל מְעוֹןBaal-meon
- בְּעֹןBeonmeans “in affliction”
Mentions
- Numbers 32:3בְּעֹן · Beon“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
- Numbers 32:38בַּ֫עַל מְעוֹן · Baal-meon…as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.
- Joshua 13:17בֵּית+H1186«H1186=בַּ֫עַל מְעוֹן · Beth-baal-meon…to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,
- 1 Chronicles 5:8בַּ֫עַל מְעוֹן · Baal-meon…and Bela son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. They settled in Aroer and as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.
- Jeremiah 48:23בֵּית מְעוֹן · Beth-meon…upon Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul, and Beth-meon,
- Ezekiel 25:9בַּ֫עַל מְעוֹן · Baal-meon…therefore I will indeed expose the flank of Moab beginning with its frontier cities—Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim—the glory of the land.