Bamothbaal

Town

Location disputed Khirbet el Quweiqiyeh: about 50 km (30 miles) east of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Khirbet el Quweiqiyeh Possible
  • Jebel Ataruz Less likely
  • Khirbet Libb Less likely

Bamoth-baal in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 2 Verses

  • Numbers 22:41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.
  • Joshua 13:17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,

Locations from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Terrain from Natural Earth and NASA SRTM.