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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Gur-baal
God helped King Uzziah beat the people of Gur-baal, along with the Philistines and the Meunites. The name means sojourn of Baal, so it was probably an Arabian settlement where Baal was worshipped, and nobody knows where.
God helped King Uzziah beat the people of Gur-baal, along with the Philistines and the Meunites. The name means sojourn of Baal, so it was probably an Arabian settlement where Baal was worshipped, and nobody knows where.
Gur-baal appears once, in 2 Chronicles 26:7, among the peoples God helped King Uzziah defeat, alongside the Philistines and the Meunites. Its name, "sojourn of Baal," suggests it was an Arabian settlement associated with the worship of Baal, though its exact location is unknown.
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- 2 Chronicles 26:7
