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Baal-Berith is the name of the local Baal, revered by the Israelites and especially the inhabitants of Shechem under Abimelech, the son of Gideon (Judges 8:33; 9:4). Baal-Berif means “lord of the covenant,” and is equated with the Ζεὺς ὸ´ρκιος of the Greeks and the Deus fideus of the Latins, whom both revered as the patron of oaths, the director of treatises and alliances. – Baal-Gad is “the lord of happiness” (Joshua 11:17; 12:7; 13:5), the name of the Canaanite city, mentioned three times in the Holy Scriptures, in the book of Joshua. This was the northernmost point reached by the Israelites during the conquest. The fruit of the victory won near the waters of Merom against the Canaanite kings of the north was their subjugation of the entire country as far as Baal-Gad. In the book of I. Joshua (11:17) the location of this city is said to be located “in the valley of Lebanon, near Mount Hermon” (cf. Joshua 12:17; 13:5). But opinions differ greatly as to what exactly should be understood by “proper Lebanese”. According to the most likely opinion, Baal-Gad meant the city of Panea or present-day Banya, which is known in the New Testament under the name of Caesarea Philippi. The position of this city most of all corresponds to the data of the priest. text. Joshua had to pursue his enemies to this place, to the foot of Hermon, which immediately rises above the city and forms the natural border of Palestine in the north. There, above one of the three main sources of the Jordan, there is a cave, which at the beginning of our era was dedicated to the god Papu and was called Panium or Panea (I. Josephus, Ancient 15, 10, 3; War of Jude 1:31, 3). The cult of the Pope probably replaced the cult of Baal-Gad in this place. The valley that extends south and southwest of Banya “near Hermon” may have been called the Valley of Lebanon (Joshua 11:17; 12:7). – Baal-Hamon – “Baal of the multitude”, the name of the place where Solomon had a vineyard (Song.8:11). – Baal-Hazzar is a village, a country house, an estate, a place near the city of Euphropa or Ephraim, where, by order of Absalom, his brother Amnon was killed at a feast (2 Samuel 13:23). – Baal-Hermon is a city in the north of Palestine, beyond the Jordan, at the foot of Mount Hermon (Judges 3:3; 1 Chronicles 5:23). – Baal-meon is a city east of the Jordan (Num. 32:38; 1 Chron. 5:8; Josh. 13:17). Subsequently, the Moabites took possession of it, and it became one of their main places. The prophets Jeremiah (48:23) and Ezekiel (25:9) foretold him that, as punishment for the joy in which he indulged in the main cities of Moab on the occasion of the destruction of Judah, he would be destroyed along with them. In the 4th century of the Christian era, Baal Meon became a large city. “Baal-meon on the other side of the Jordan,” says Eusebius, which the sons of Reuben restored, “is a very large city near the Mount of Warm Waters in Arabia.” – Baal Perazim is a “place of defeat”, a place not far from Jerusalem to the west, which received its name from the defeat of the Philistines there by David, since David said at the same time: “The Lord has destroyed my enemies before me like water” (2 Samuel 5:20), or, as it reads in the book of Chronicles: “God has broken my enemies with my hand, like a rush of water” ( 1 Chronicles 14:11). – Baal-Peor is a Moabite and Midianite idol, which is sometimes simply called Peor (Numbers 31:16; Joshua 22:17). It borrowed its name, according to some, from Mount Fogor or Fegor, on which this idol stood; according to others - from the debauchery to which the wives and girls of Moab indulged in serving this idol. On the advice of Balaam (Num. 31:16), the Moabites and Israelites were involved in serving this idol, for which they were subjected to severe punishment (Num. 25). – Baal-Zephon – the place of Typhon or dedicated to Typhon (Ex.14:2, 9; Num.33:7); an Egyptian town near the Red Sea on the western side of its northern tip, between Migdol and the Red Sea, beyond Pi-Gagirof. It got its name from Typhon, the evil spirit of the Egyptians, who was hostile to them and had his dwelling in deep darkness underground. See Exodus. – Baal-Shalisha – “triple region” or “triple land”, a place in the land of Shalisha, in the mountainous regions of the tribe of Ephraim (2 Kings 4:42). – Baal-Tamar (Judges 20:33) is a city of the tribe of Benjamin, near Gibeah Benjamin, where, during the turmoil during the period of the Judges, the Benjamites suffered a strong defeat from the Israelites.