Baalah

ba'-a-la ba`alah; "possessor," "mistress "): Three occurrences of this name:

⇒See a list of verses on BAALAH in the Bible.

(1) = KIRIATH-JEARIM (which see) (Jos 15:9-10; 1Ch 13:6).

(2) A city in the Negeb of Judah (Jos 15:29). In Jos 19:3 Balah and in 1Ch 4:29 Bilhah; perhaps also Boaloth of Jos 15:24. The site is unknown; but see PEF ,III , 26.

⇒See the definition of baal in the KJV Dictionary

(3) Mount Baalah (Jos 15:11), a mountain ridge between Shikkeron (Ekron) and Jabnoel unless, as seems probable, the suggestion of M. Clermont-Ganneau (Rev. Crit, 1897, 902) is correct that for har ( = "mount"), we should read nahar ("river"). In this case the border in question would be the Nahr rubin. Here there is an annual feast held--attended by all classes and famous all over Syria--which appears to be a real survival of "Baal worship."

E. W. G. Masterman

⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.