Places in the Bible Today:

Baalath 1

Data

Translated NameBaalath
Typeshill, mountain, or settlement
Geo Data KML (for Google Earth)
GeoJSON (for GIS applications)

3 Possible Identifications

  1. Al Maghar (modern): 75% confidence

    1. historical cityscape of Al MagharAl Maghar

  2. another name for Mount Baalah (ancient): less than 10% confidence. It may be:

    1. panorama of MugharMughar

    2. satellite view of the region around Keslawithin 1 km of Kesla

  3. another name for Baalah 2 (ancient): less than 10% confidence

    1. church at Deir el AzarDeir el Azar

Verses (1)

Josh 19:44

Linked Data Identifiers

SourceIdentifier
Biblemapper.com208
Logos FactbookBaalath
OpenBible.info (2007)Baalath 1
OpenBible.infoabc1b7c (Baalath 1)
TIPNRBaalath@Jos.19.44
UBS Names Databaseot ID_601
WikipediaBaalath (partial)

Sources

  1. Aharoni, Land of the Bible (1979): page 431
  2. Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992): Baalath (place)
  3. Baly, Atlas of the Biblical World (1971): Baalath
  4. Baly, The Geography of the Bible (1974): page 132
  5. Carta Bible Atlas, 5th Edition (2011)
  6. Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000): Baalath
  7. ESV Bible Atlas (2010)
  8. Hammond Atlas of the Bible Lands (2007): Baalath
  9. HarperCollins Concise Atlas of the Bible (1991)
  10. Hess, Joshua (1996): table 24
  11. Tübingen Bible Atlas (2001): Baala
  12. Woudstra, Joshua (1981): 19:44
  13. Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (2010)

Confidence Trends over Time

This chart indicates how confidence in the identifications is changing over time. Each dot (connected by a dotted line) reflects the confidence of an identification over the preceding ten years (e.g., the 2009 dot reflects scholarship from 2000 to 2009), and the corresponding solid line reflects a best-fit line for the identification. Confidences that cluster near or below 0% indicate low confidence. Because of the small dataset, it's best to use this chart for general trends; if one identification is trending much higher than the others (in this case, Al Maghar), then you can probably have higher confidence in the identification. This chart only reflects the sources I consulted (listed above), not an exhaustive review of the literature.

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Thumbnail Image Credits

Anonymous, Ori~, Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019, Bahnfrend

About

This page attempts to identify all the possible locations where this biblical place could be. The confidence levels add up to less than 100%, indicating that the modern location is uncertain. It's best to think about the confidences in relative rather than absolute terms. Often they reflect different schools of thought, each confident in their identifications.