Baal-tamar

Baal-Tamar in the Topics

Lord of palm trees, a place in the tribe of Benjamin near Gibeah of Saul (Judg 20:33). It was one of the sanctuaries or groves of Baal. Probably the palm tree of Deborah (Judg 4:5) is alluded to in the name.

Named in the Bible

1 verse

  • Judges 20:33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.