(See BAALMEON.) On the downs or "plain" E. of Jordan (Joshua 13:17), in Reuben. Contracted into Been (Numbers 32:3; Numbers 32:38), Bethmeon in Jeremiah 48:23. Now the ruin called "the fortress of Miun," S.W. of Hesban, in the wady Zerka Maein.
(See BAALMEON.) On the downs or "plain" E. of Jordan (Joshua 13:17), in Reuben. Contracted into Been (Numbers 32:3; Numbers 32:38), Bethmeon in Jeremiah 48:23. Now the ruin called "the fortress of Miun," S.W. of Hesban, in the wady Zerka Maein.
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