Bible Location
Meaning: master of the palm-tree · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
Baal-tamar was a place near Gibeah in Benjamin associated with Israel's battle against Benjamin. It is important because it belongs to one of the most painful civil-conflict narratives in Judges. First appears in Judg 20:33.1
Place meaning
master of the palm-tree
Coordinates
31.82, 35.23
First appears
Judg 20:33
AI summary: Baal-tamar matters because the geography of Judges 20 is charged with ambush, grief, and internal war. The place belongs to a battle landscape where Israel's own tribes turn against one another.1
Place meaning
master of the palm-tree
Latitude
31.82
Longitude
35.23
Bible references
1
Lord of palm trees, a place in the tribe of Benjamin near Gibeah of Saul (Judg. 20:33). It was one of the sanctuaries or groves of Baal. Probably the palm tree of Deborah (Judg. 4:5) is alluded to in the name. 3
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| Book | Cross-References |
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| Judg |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.