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Baalah mistress; city. (1.) A city in the south of Judah (Josh 15:29), elsewhere called Balah (Josh 19:3) and Bilhah (1Chr 4:29). Now Khurbet Zebalah. (2.) A city on the northern border of the tribe of Judah (...

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Baalah mistress; city. (1.) A city in the south of Judah (Josh 15:29), elsewhere called Balah (Josh 19:3) and Bilhah (1Chr 4:29). Now Khurbet Zebalah.

(2.) A city on the northern border of the tribe of Judah (Josh 15:10), called also Kirjath-jearim, q.v. (15:9; 1Chr 13:6), now Kuriet-el-Enab, or as some think, 'Erma.

(3.) A mountain on the north-western boundary of Judah and Dan (Josh 15:11).

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