| | | | ʾAttâra, near Gibeah | | | | of Benjamin. | | | | =BAAL-ZEPHON= |Ex. xiv. 2, |_Not |-- |A place in Egypt near | 9; Num. | identified_ | | which the Israelites | xxxiii. 7 | | | crossed the Red Sea. | | | | =BABEL=, Tower |Gen. x. 10; |_Birs Nimrûd_ |-- | of | xi. 4, 5, 9 | | | | | | | =BABYLON= |Very | |-- |On the Euphrates. | frequently | | | Usually connected with | mentioned | | | Birs Nimrûd. | | | | =BACA=, Valley |Ps. lxxxiv. 6 |_Not |-- |Signifying Valley of of | | identified_ | | Weeping, or Balsam | | | | trees. (R.V.) | | | | =BAHURIM= |2 Sam. iii. |_Kh. ʾAlmît_ |14 |The Targum of Jonathan | 16; xvi. 5; | (??) | | reads Almon (ʾAlmît). | xvii. 18; | | | Identical with Alemeth | xix. 16; 1 | | | and Almon, which see. | Kings ii. 8 | | | | | | | =BAJITH= (R.V. |Isaiah xv. 2 |_Not |-- |In Moab. =BAYITH=) | | identified_ | | | | | | =BALAH= |Josh. xix. 3 | |-- |_See_ Baalah. | | | | =BALAMO= |Judith viii. 3|See |-- |Near Dothaim (?). A | | _Baal-hamon_ | | corruption of Baal | | and _Bileam_ | | Hamon or Bileam. | | | | =BAMOTH-BAAL= |Num. xxi. 19; |_el |15 |‘The high places | xxii. 41; | Maslûbîyeh_ | | of Baal,’ between | Josh. xiii. | (?)* | | Nebo and Beth | 17 | | | Peor. (_Quarterly | | | | Statement_, 1882, p. | | | | 85; _Heth and Moab_, | | | | pp. 144-147.) | | | | =BAMOTH=, in |Num. xxi. 20 |‘High places’ |15 |This would perhaps the Valley | | or ‘altars’ | | refer to the dolmens (R.V. to the | | | | in Wâdy Jedeid, Valley) | | | | immediately north of | | | | ‘el Maslûbîyeh.’ (See