Baal-hermon

A town in the territory of Manasseh near Mount Hermon.

About Baal-hermon

A Hivite territory in Transjordan near Mount Hermon. It was not captured in the Israelite conquest.

God used this region and others to test the younger generation of Israel (Judges 3:16). Baal-hermon may refer to a place on the mountain. It seems to be another name for Baal-gad (Joshua 13:5).

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Key References

Judges 3:3

the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

1 Chronicles 5:23

Now the people of the half-tribe of Manasseh were numerous. They settled in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon (that is, Senir, also known as Mount Hermon).

All Scripture References (2)

Judges (1)
Judges 3:3

the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

1 Chronicles (1)
1 Chronicles 5:23

Now the people of the half-tribe of Manasseh were numerous. They settled in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon (that is, Senir, also known as Mount Hermon).