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<p> <strong> BAAL-MEON </strong> . A city of Moah assigned to Reuhen. The name occurs in &nbsp; Numbers 32:38 as <em> Baal-meon </em> , but in &nbsp; Joshua 13:17 as <strong> Beth-baal-meon; </strong> both forms being found also on the Moahite Stone; cf. &nbsp; Ezekiel 25:9 , &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 5:8; also <strong> Beth-meon </strong> of &nbsp; Jeremiah 48:23 . It is to be identified with the modern <em> Ma’in </em> , about 5 miles S.W. of Medeba. </p> <p> G. L. Robinson. </p>

<p> (Hebrews Ba'al Miieon/,בִּעִל מְעוֹן , lord of dwelling; Sept. ἡ Βεελμεών, but in Chron. Βεελμαών v. r. Βεελμασσών, and in Ezekiel omits; otherwise BETH-MEON, &nbsp;Jeremiah 48:23, and BETH-BAALMEON, &nbsp;Joshua 13:17), a town in the tribe of Reuben beyond the Jordan, or at least one of the towns which were "built" by the [[Reubenites]] (&nbsp;Numbers 32:38), and to which they "gave other names." Possibly the "Beth-" (q.v.), which is added to the name in its mention elsewhere, and which sometimes superseded the "Baal-" (q.v.) of the original name, is one of the changes referred to. (See [[Baalim]]).' It is also named in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 5:8, and on each occasion with Nebo. In the time of Ezekiel it was in the possession of the Moabites, and under that prosperous dominion had evidently become a place of distinction, being noticed as one of the cities which are the ‘ glory of the country" (&nbsp;Ezekiel 25:9). In the days of [[Eusebius]] and [[Jerome]] (Onomast. s.v. Βεελμαούς, Balmen) it was still a very large village called Balmano, 9 miles distant from [[Heshbon]] (Ι᾿έβους, Esbus), near the "mountain of the hot springs," and reputed to be the native place of Elisha. At the distance of two miles south-east of Heshbon, [[Burckhardt]] (2. 624) found the ruins of a place called Myoun, or (as Dr. Robinson [Researches, 3, Append. p. 170] corrects it) Main, which is doubtless the same; so Schwarz, Main (Palest. p. 227). In &nbsp;Numbers 32:3, apparently the same place is called BEON, perhaps by an error of the copyists or by contraction. </p>

<p> '''''bā´al''''' -'''''mē´on''''' בּעל מעון , <i> '''''ba‛al me‛ōn''''' </i> ; Βεελμεών , <i> '''''Beelmeō̇n''''' </i> ̌ : A town built by the children of Reuben along with Nebo, "their names being changed" (&nbsp;Numbers 32:38 ), identical with [[Beon]] of &nbsp;Numbers 32:3 . As Beth-baal-meon it was given by [[Moses]] to the tribe of Reuben (&nbsp;Joshua 13:17 ). [[Mesha]] names it as fortified by him (MS, L. 9). It appears in &nbsp;Jeremiah 48:23 as Beth-meon, one of the cities of Moab. Eusebius, <i> Onomasticon </i> speaks of it as a large village near the hot springs, i.e. Callirrhoe, in <i> '''''Wādy Zerḳā Ma‛in''''' </i> , 9 miles from Heshbon. This points to the ruined site of <i> '''''Ma‛ı̄n''''' </i> , about 4 miles Southwest of <i> '''''Madeba''''' </i> . The ruins now visible however are not older than [[Roman]] times. </p>