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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Beon (Baal-meon)

Beon is a short form of Baal-meon, one of the towns in the Transjordan pastureland Reuben and Gad asked Moses for, to keep their livestock.

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Beon is a short form of Baal-meon, one of the towns in the Transjordan pastureland Reuben and Gad asked Moses for, to keep their livestock.

Who this is

Beon, one of the towns in the Transjordan pastureland that the tribes of Reuben and Gad requested from Moses for their livestock (Num. 32:3). It is a shortened form of Baal-meon, a town the Moabite king Mesha later claimed to have rebuilt according to his own inscription on the Moabite Stone.

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The word

H1194

Where it is
  • 35.735321
  • 31.679501
Where it appears
  • Numbers 32:3

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