Bible Location
Meaning: idol of fortune or felicity · 3 cross references · Modern-day map available
Baal-gad was a Canaanite city or sanctuary in the Lebanon valley at the foot of Hermon. It is important because it marks the far northern extent of Joshua's campaigns and conquest summaries. First appears in Josh 11:17.1
Place meaning
idol of fortune or felicity
Coordinates
33.42, 35.86
First appears
Josh 11:17
AI summary: Baal-gad matters because it appears at the northern horizon of the land. Joshua uses it as a way of describing how far the conquest reached toward Lebanon and Hermon, so the city functions almost as a boundary expression as much as a conquest target. The cross references present Baal-gad as a northern Canaanite center at the edge of Israel's remembered victories.1
Place meaning
idol of fortune or felicity
Latitude
33.42
Longitude
35.86
Bible references
3
Lord of fortune, or troop of Baal, a Canaanite city in the valley of Lebanon at the foot of Hermon, hence called Baal-hermon (Judge. 3:3; 1 Chr. 5:23), near the source of the Jordan (Josh. 13:5; 11:17; 12:7). It was the most northern point to which Joshua’s conquests extended. It probably derived its name from the worship of Baal. Its modern representative is Banias. Some have supposed it to be the same as Baalbec. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
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.