BAAL-MEON . A city of Moah assigned to Reuhen. The name occurs in Numbers 32:38 as Baal-meon , but in Joshua 13:17 as Beth-baal-meon; both forms being found also on the Moahite Stone; cf. Ezekiel 25:9 , 1 Chronicles 5:8; also Beth-meon of Jeremiah 48:23 . It is to be identified with the modern Ma’in , about 5 miles S.W. of Medeba.
G. L. Robinson.
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