Baal-gad
Baal-gad is a settlement mentioned in 3 verses. Its most likely location is another name for Baal-hermon. The name means “idol of fortune or felicity.”
Where is Baal-gad?
Approx. 33.4000, 35.8500 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps
Possible modern locations
| Identification | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| another name for Baal-hermon | settlement | Low |
| Tell Haush | settlement | Low |
| Banias | settlement | Low |
| Hasbaya | settlement | Medium |
| Baalbek | settlement | Low |
| Ain Jedeideh | settlement | Low |
Baal-gad in the Bible dictionary
Lord of fortune, or troop of Baal, a Canaanite city in the valley of Lebanon at the foot of Hermon, hence called Baal-hermon (Judge. 3:3; 1 Chr. 5:23), near the source of the Jordan (Josh. 13:5; 11:17; 12:7). It was the most northern point to which Joshua’s conquests extended. It probably derived its name from the worship of Baal. Its modern representative is Banias. Some have supposed it to be the same as Baalbec.
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Verses that mention Baal-gad
- Joshua 11:17
Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal–gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
- Joshua 12:7
And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal–gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
- Joshua 13:5
And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal–gad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.