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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Beth-baal-meon
East of the Jordan, on the tableland Reuben was given. The text uses several forms of the name, Baal-meon and Beon among them. Later the town passed into Moabite hands.
East of the Jordan, on the tableland Reuben was given. The text uses several forms of the name, Baal-meon and Beon among them. Later the town passed into Moabite hands.
Beth-baal-meon lay east of the Jordan on the tableland allotted to Reuben, and appears under several related forms in the text, Baal-meon and Beon among them (Josh. 13:17; Num. 32:38). It later passed into Moabite hands, and Jeremiah names it among the Moabite towns facing judgment (Jer. 48:23). The site is usually located at Ma'in, a ruin a few miles southwest of Madaba whose name still echoes the ancient one.
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- Joshua 13:17
- Jeremiah 48:23
