Baal-tamar
Baal-tamar (“Lord of the Palm”) [1] is a place of uncertain identification near Gibeah, mentioned the Book of Judges (Judges 20:33) in the account of the battle between the Tribe of Benjamin and the other tribes of Israel.
Eusebius (Onomastica Sacra, 238, § 75) knew Baaltamar under the name of "Beth-thamar";[2] but at the present day it can not be located.
References
- ↑ Ellicott's Commentary for Modern Readers on Judges 20, accessed 17 November 2016
- ↑ Also, Douai-Rheims Version, 1899 edition
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