Baalzephon
Camp
Location disputed Jabal Ataqah: about 340 km (210 miles) southwest of Jerusalem
Where Scholars Place It
- Jabal Ataqah Possible
- Tell Defenneh Possible
- Zahr al Qais Possible
- Al Mahamdiyah Less likely
- Fayid Less likely
Baal-zephon in the Bible Dictionary
Named in 3 Verses
- Exodus 14:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
- Exodus 14:9 But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.
- Numbers 33:7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
Locations from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Terrain from Natural Earth and NASA SRTM.
