Baal-hamon

Baal-hamon

Ba'al-Hamon ("Ruler of a Crowd or a Multitude") was a place mentioned in Song of Solomon 8:11, as the location of a productive vineyard owned by Solomon, who let out the vineyard to tenants, each of whom was to bring him a thousand silver shekels.

The locale has been supposed to be identical with Baal-gad, and also with Hammon in the tribe of Asher (Joshua 19:28). Others identify it with Belamon, in Central Palestine, near Dothaim. Some readers have suggested that it is not to be taken as a literal place, but a figurative indication to the wealthy realm over which Solomon ruled.

External links

* [http://www.ccel.org/e/easton/ebd/ebd/T0000300.html#T0000390 "Easton's Bible Dictionary" 1897]
* [http://bible.cc/songs/8-11.htm On-line parallel Bible] : "Song of Solomon" 8:11


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