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Bethmeon

Morrish Bible Dictionary

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City of Reuben on the east of the Jordan. Jeremiah 48:23 . Apparently also called BAAL-MEON, BETH-BAAL-MEON, and BEON, Joshua 13 : 17; Numbers 32:3; Numbers 32:38 (which says 'their names being changed'); 1 Chronicles 5:8 . Ezekiel 25:9 speaks of it as a city that was 'the glory of the country.' Identified with the ruins at Tell Maain, 31 41' N, 35 44' E .

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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Bethmeon'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​mbd/​b/bethmeon.html. 1897.
 
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