Bible Location
Meaning: idol or master of the house · 3 cross references · Modern-day map available
Baal-meon was a transjordanian town in Reuben's territory later associated with Moab. It is important because it reflects the shifting control and mixed religious associations of the eastern plateau. First appears in Num 32:38.1
Place meaning
idol or master of the house
Coordinates
31.68, 35.73
First appears
Num 32:38
AI summary: Baal-meon begins within Israel's eastern settlement pattern, but its name and later prophetic references show how deeply the region remained entangled with Moabite identity and cultic memory. The cross references present Baal-meon as an eastern town where inheritance, renaming, and prophetic judgment converge.1
Place meaning
idol or master of the house
Latitude
31.68
Longitude
35.73
Bible references
3
Lord of dwelling, a town of Reuben (Num. 32:38), called also Beth-meon (Jer. 48:23) and Beth-baal-meon (Josh. 13:17). It is supposed to have been the birth-place of Elisha. It is identified with the modern M’ain, about 3 miles south-east of Heshbon. 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.