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Baalath

Solomon's fortified city

Danite city that Solomon fortified as one of his strategic store cities, listed alongside Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.

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A city in the territory of Dan, listed in 19:44 among the towns assigned to that tribe. Baalath later appears in the building projects of , who fortified it along with , , Gezer, and as strategic store cities and military outposts (1 Kings 9:18; 2 Chronicles 8:6). Its name, meaning "mistress" or "lady," was common among place names, and the city's use by Solomon as a fortified installation reflects the wider pattern of his consolidation of the kingdom's defenses.

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