Baal-Hermon

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Baal-Hermon'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/b/baal-hermon.html. 1897.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Baal-Hermon (  Judges 3:3 ,   1 Chronicles 5:23 ). See Hermon.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Judges 3:3 1 Chronicles 5:23

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrews Ba'al Chermon', חֶרמוֹן בִּעִל , Lord Of Hermon), the name of a city and a hill adjoining.

1. (Sept. makes two names, Βαὰλ Ε᾿Ρμών .) A to- n not far from Mount Hermon, mentioned as inhabited by the Ephraimites in connection with Bashan and Senir ( 1 Chronicles 5:23). It was probably the same with the BAAL-GAD (See Baal-Gad) (q.v.) of  Joshua 11:17 (Robinson, Researches, new ed. 3, 409).

2. (Sept. translates Ὄρος Τοῦ Ἀερμών , Mount Hermon.) A mountain ( הִר ) east of Lebanon, from which the Israelites were unable to expel the Hivites ( Judges 3:3). This is usually considered as a distinct place from Mount Hermon; but the only apparent ground for doing so is the statement in  1 Chronicles 5:23, "unto Baal-hermon, and Senir, and [unto] Mount Hermon;" but it is quite possible that the conjunction "and" may be here, as elsewhere, used as an expletive — "unto Baal-hermon, even Senir, even Mount Hermen." Perhaps this derives some color from the fact, which we know, that this mountain had at least three names ( Deuteronomy 3:9). May not Baal-hermon have been a fourth, in use among the Phoenician worshippers of Baal, one of whose sanctuaries, Baal-gad, was at the foot of this very mountain? (See Baalim).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

bā´al - hûr´mon ( בּעל חרמון , , Baál Ermō̇n ): Baalgad under Mount Hermon is described as "toward the sunrising" in  Joshua 13:5 . If Mount Lebanon proper is here intended the reading may be taken as correct. But in  Judges 3:3 Baal-gad is replaced by Baal-hermon. One or the other must be due to a scribal error. The Baal-hermon of   1 Chronicles 5:23 lay somewhere East of the Jordan, near to Mount Hermon. It may possibly be identical with Bāniās .

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Ba´al-Her´mon ( 1 Chronicles 5:23;  Judges 3:3), it seems to have been a place in or near Mount Hermon, and not far from Baal-gad, if it was not, as some suppose, the same place.