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Baal Tamar
BAAL TAMAR (bā'ăl tā'mar, Heb. ba‘al tāmār, Baal of the palm tree). A place in Benjamin, near Gibeah and Bethel (
BAAL-TAMAR bā əl tā’ mər (בַ֣עַל תָּמָ֑ר, possession of palms or Baal of Tamar). The place where the Israelites awaited the pursuing Benjamites, when Israel went to war to punish Benjamin for sinning (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
ba`al tamar; Baal Thamar, ("Baal of the palm tree"): Evidently a seat of heathen worship (