Baalah
Mistress; city. (1.) A city in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:29), elsewhere called Balah (Josh. 19:3) and Bilhah (1 Chr. 4:29). Now Khurbet Zebalah. (2.) A city on the northern border of the tribe of Judah (Josh. 15:10), called also Kirjath-jearim, q.v. (15:9; 1 Chr. 13:6), now Kuriet-el-Enab, or as some think, Erma. (3.) A mountain on the north-western boundary of Judah and Dan (Josh. 15:11).
Passages cited in this entry
Joshua 15:29 · Joshua 19:3 · 1 Chronicles 4:29 · Joshua 15:10 · 1 Chronicles 13:6 · Joshua 15:11
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 3rd edition (1897). Public domain; text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. A nineteenth-century Protestant reference: its dates, archaeology and judgements reflect the scholarship of its time and are not Imago Dei's editorial position.