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<p> ("owner of an habitation".) [[Reuben]] in occupying it along with Nebo ( Numbers 32:38) changed the names, probably for the idol name Baal substituting Beth Meon. Ezekiel ( Ezekiel 25:9) calls it a city on Moab's frontiers, and with Beth-jeshimoth and Kiriathaim, "the glory of the country." The reputed birthplace of Elisha. [[Jerome]] describes it as a very large village, nine miles from Heshbon. The famous [[Moabite]] stone of [[Dibon]] mentions that as Omri made [[Medeba]] a military center for opposing Moab, so [[Mesha]] occupied Baal Meon as his center for assailing Israel; "I Mesha, son of Kamos (Chemosh), fortified Baal Meon, and I besieged and took [[Kiriathaim]] and Nebo," etc. </p> | Baal Meon <ref name="term_34605" /> | ||
==References == | <p> ("owner of an habitation".) [[Reuben]] in occupying it along with [[Nebo]] ( Numbers 32:38) changed the names, probably for the idol name [[Baal]] substituting [[Beth]] Meon. Ezekiel ( Ezekiel 25:9) calls it a city on Moab's frontiers, and with Beth-jeshimoth and Kiriathaim, "the glory of the country." The reputed birthplace of Elisha. [[Jerome]] describes it as a very large village, nine miles from Heshbon. The famous [[Moabite]] stone of [[Dibon]] mentions that as [[Omri]] made [[Medeba]] a military center for opposing Moab, so [[Mesha]] occupied Baal [[Meon]] as his center for assailing Israel; [["I]] Mesha, son of Kamos (Chemosh), fortified Baal Meon, and [[I]] besieged and took [[Kiriathaim]] and Nebo," etc. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_34605"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/baal+meon Baal Meon from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_34605"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/baal+meon Baal Meon from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:19, 12 October 2021
Baal Meon [1]
("owner of an habitation".) Reuben in occupying it along with Nebo ( Numbers 32:38) changed the names, probably for the idol name Baal substituting Beth Meon. Ezekiel ( Ezekiel 25:9) calls it a city on Moab's frontiers, and with Beth-jeshimoth and Kiriathaim, "the glory of the country." The reputed birthplace of Elisha. Jerome describes it as a very large village, nine miles from Heshbon. The famous Moabite stone of Dibon mentions that as Omri made Medeba a military center for opposing Moab, so Mesha occupied Baal Meon as his center for assailing Israel; "I Mesha, son of Kamos (Chemosh), fortified Baal Meon, and I besieged and took Kiriathaim and Nebo," etc.
