Bible Location

Beth-baal-meon

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Beth-baal-meon was the eastern town in Reuben's territory, related to the Baal-meon tradition in Moab's border world. It is important because it belongs to the contested transjordanian landscape. First appears in Josh 13:17.1

Coordinates

31.68, 35.73

First appears

Josh 13:17

AI summary: Beth-baal-meon matters because eastern settlements often sit at the overlap of Israelite, Moabite, and later prophetic memory. The place carries that layered identity on the plateau beyond the Jordan.1

Latitude

31.68

Longitude

35.73

Bible references

1