Place
Baal Gad
city near Mount Hermon
Northernmost city reached by Joshua's campaigns, located in the Lebanon valley beneath Mount Hermon and marking the full extent of the conquest.
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A city in the valley of beneath , repeatedly cited in as the northernmost point of Israel's conquests. Joshua 11:17 and 12:7 describe the range of Joshua's campaigns as stretching from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak in the south. Joshua 13:5 lists it among the lands that still remained unconquered at the end of Joshua's life. The name incorporates the deity Baal with the word for "fortune," suggesting the site held cultic significance in the pre-Israelite period.
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