BAAL-GAD ba'al-gad), (Heb. Arawd , lord of fortune), a city 'in the valley of Lebanon, under Mount Hermon' (Josh. x1:17; xii:7). We are also informed that among those parts of Palestine which were unsubdued by the Hebrews at the death of Joshua, was 'all Lebanon towards the sun-rising, from Baal-gad, under Blount Hermon, unto the entering into Hamath' (Josh. 'Ibis position of Baal-gad is not un favorable to the conclusion which some have reached, that it is no other than the place which, from a temple that stood there consecrated to the sun, was called by the Greeks ficho/o/is, i. e., city of the sun; and which the natives called and still call Baalbek, a word apparently of the same meaning. The honor of being identified with Baal bek has also been claimed for the Baalath which Solomon built or fortified; but this claim has al ready been disposed of (see BAALATH); and no weight is to be attached to the local traditions which claim Solomon as the founder of Baalbek, seeing that it is the practice of the natives to as cribe to that great king every grand ancient work of unknown date which the country contains. It is also to be observed that those who contend for Baalath, admit its possible identity with Baal-gad, and hence there arc no conflicting claims to adjust. Even those who suppose the Baal-hamon of the Canticles I) to be Baalbek conceive that to be a later name for Baal-gad; and hence the only question that remains is, whether Baal-gad be nSt the more ancient name of the place afterwards known as I I eliopolis and Baalbek. The most prob
able site is at din Jedeideh, 'the strong spring,' in this direction, near the road to Damascus. (R. C. Guider, lastings' Did.) (ba'al-gur), same as Gur-Baal. We read in 2 Chron. that 'the Lord assisted against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-liaar The Septuagint renders this and the d•abians that dwell above Pelra. It %%.1,.; doubtless sonic town of Arabia Petra:a. (See (rit-BAAL).
leb.
bah'al-haw-mone', Baal of multitude), a plat e wlicreti.d.,in“It is said to have had a vineyard tCant.
Rosennitiller conceives that it this Baal Hanlon was the name of a place that actually ex isted, it may be reasonably supposed Baal-Gad,or I leliopolis; fur llam))/, may have been a corruption of Amon, the Hebrew way of pro nouncing the Ammon of the Egyptians (see Nall.
v.11)un the t iret ks identified with Jupiter (nth. Goo,{'. ii, p. =531. Flu-re was a place called Hanlon, in the tribe of Asher (Josh. x .28t, which Ewald thinks was the same as Baal-I lamon. The book of Judith tviii.3) places a Balamon or Belamon t1tc \coAdipi in central Palestine, which suggests another alternative.