Places in the Bible Today:

Mount Baalah

Data

Translated NamesBaalah, Mount Baalah
Typeshill or mountain
Noteshill on which Baalath resides
Geo Data KML (for Google Earth)
GeoJSON (for GIS applications)

2 Possible Identifications

  1. Mughar (modern): 70% confidence
    1. panorama of MugharMughar

  2. another name for Mount Jearim (ancient): less than 10% confidence
    1. satellite view of the region around Keslawithin 1 km of Kesla

Verses (1)

Josh 15:11

Linked Data Identifiers

SourceIdentifier
Logos FactbookMount Baalah
OpenBible.info (2007)Mount Baalah
OpenBible.infoac2b4ef (Mount Baalah)
TIPNRBaalah_Mount@Jos.15.11
UBS Names Databaseot ID_594
WikipediaBaalah (partial)

Sources

  1. Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992): Baalah (place)
  2. Baly, Atlas of the Biblical World (1971): Baalah, Mount
  3. Expositor’s Bible Commentary (1984): Josh 15:11
  4. Hess, Joshua (1996): table 10
  5. Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (2003)
  6. McKinny, Historical Geography of the Administrative Division of Judah (2014): page 67
  7. New Unger’s Bible Dictionary (1988): Baalah
  8. Woudstra, Joshua (1981): 15:9-11
  9. Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia (1975): Baalah
  10. Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (2010)
  11. Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (2009): Josh 15:5

Confidence Trends over Time

This chart indicates how confidence in the identifications is changing over time. Each dot (connected by a dotted line) reflects the confidence of an identification over the preceding ten years (e.g., the 2009 dot reflects scholarship from 2000 to 2009), and the corresponding solid line reflects a best-fit line for the identification. Confidences that cluster near or below 0% indicate low confidence. Because of the small dataset, it's best to use this chart for general trends; if one identification is trending much higher than the others (in this case, Mughar), then you can probably have higher confidence in the identification. This chart only reflects the sources I consulted (listed above), not an exhaustive review of the literature.

Thumbnail Image Credits

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About

This page attempts to identify all the possible locations where this biblical place could be. The confidence levels add up to less than 100%, indicating that the modern location is uncertain. It's best to think about the confidences in relative rather than absolute terms. Often they reflect different schools of thought, each confident in their identifications.