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(Hebrews Ba'al Chermon', çֶøîåֹï áִּòִì , lord of Hermon), the name of a city and a hill adjoining.
1. (Sept. makes two names, Âáὰë Å᾿ñìώí .) A to- n not far from Mount Hermon, mentioned as inhabited by the Ephraimites in connection with Bashan and Senir (1Ch_5:23). It was probably the same with the BAAL-GAD SEE BAAL-GAD (q.v.) of Jos_11:17 (Robinson, Researches, new ed. 3, 409).
2. (Sept. translates ὄñïò ôïῦ Á᾿åñìώí , Mount Hermon.) A mountain ( äִø ) east of Lebanon, from which the Israelites were unable to expel the Hivites (Jdg_3:3). This is usually considered as a distinct place from Mount Hermon; but the only apparent ground for doing so is the statement in 1Ch_5:23, “unto Baal-hermon, and Senir, and [unto] Mount Hermon;” but it is quite possible that the conjunction “and” may be here, as elsewhere, used as an expletive — “unto Baal-hermon, even Senir, even Mount Hermen.” Perhaps this derives some color from the fact, which we know, that this mountain had at least three names (Deu_3:9). May not Baal-hermon have been a fourth, in use among the Phoenician worshippers of Baal, one of whose sanctuaries, Baal-gad, was at the foot of this very mountain? SEE BAALIM.