Beth-baal-meon
Beth-baal-Meon
The ruins of this place, the present Main, are of vast extent. They occupy the crests and slopes of four adjacent hills one having evidently been the central city, and connected with the next by a wide causeway. The remains are of the ordinary type-foundations, fragments of wall, lines of streets, old arches, many carved stones, caves, wells, and cisterns innumerable. Some curious cavernous dwellings, built up with arches and fragments of old columns, are still occasionally used by the Arabs as folds and sleeping- places. The position of Baal-meon, the name (The habitations of Baal), and the commanding views gained from the neighboring peaks, would seem to show that here are the very high places of Baal to which Balak king of Moab led Balaam, that he might see the utmost part of the people, and curse them for him (Num 22:41). Balak met Balaam on the banks of the Arnon; he led him thence to Kirjath-huzoth (the Town of Streets), which may perhaps be identical with the ruin Kureiyat (the Towns), situated at the southern base of Jebel Attfards; and then on the next day Balak brought the prophet to the high places of Baal, that he might obtain a full view of the Israelites. See Tristram, Land of Moab, p. 316 sq.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Beth-baal-meon
(Heb. Beyth Ba’al Meon’, , house of Baal-Meon; Sept. v. r. v ; Vulg. oppidum Baalmaon), a place in the possession of Reuben, on the Mishor () or downs (Auth. Vers. plain) east of Jordan (Jos 13:17). At the Israelites’ first approach its name was Baal-meon (Num 32:38, or in its contracted form Beon, 32:3), to which the Beth was possibly a Hebrew prefix. Later it would seem to have come into possession of Moab, and to be known either as Beth-meon (Jer 48:23) or Baal-meon (Eze 25:9). It is possible that the name contains a trace of the tribe or nation of Meon. the Maonites or Meunim. SEE MAON; SEE MEHUIM. The name is still attached to a ruined place of considerable size a short distance to the south-west of Hesban, and bearing the name of the fortress of Mi’-un according to Burckhardt (p. 865), or Maein according to Seetzen (Reisen, 1, 408), which appears to give its appellation to Wady Zerka Main (ib. p. 402). Smith. SEE BAAL-MEON.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Beth Baal Meon
(See BAALMEON.) On the downs or “plain” E. of Jordan (Jos 13:17), in Reuben. Contracted into Been (Num 32:3; Num 32:38), Bethmeon in Jer 48:23. Now the ruin called “the fortress of Miun,” S.W. of Hesban, in the wady Zerka Maein.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Beth-Baal-Meon
BETH-BAAL-MEON (Jos 13:17).See Baal-Meon.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Beth-Baal-Meon
beth-ba-al-meon (Jos 13:17). See BAAL-MEON.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Beth-Baal-Meon
H1010
A place in the tribe of Reuben
Jos 13:17
Called Baal-Meon
Num 32:38; Eze 25:9
Called Beon
Num 32:3
Called Beth-Meon
Jer 48:23
Subdued by the Israelites
Num 32:3-4
Assigned to the Reubenites
Jos 13:17
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Beth-baal-meon
Beth-ba’al-me’on. (house of Baalmeon). A place in the possessions of Reuben, on the downs, (Authorized Version, “plain”), east of the Jordan. Jos 13:17. At the Israelites’ first approach, it’s name was Baal-Meon, Num 32:38, or, in its contracted form, Beon, Num 32:3, to which the Beth was possibly a Hebrew addition.
Later, it would seem to have come into possession of Moab, and to be known either as Beth-meon, Jer 48:23 or Baal-meon. Eze 25:9. The name is still attached to a ruined place of considerable size, a short distance to the southwest of Hesban, and bearing the name of “the fortress of Mi’un,” or Makin.