Mount Hermon, also known as Baal-hermon, Baal-hamon, Baal-gad, Senir, or Sirion, was a prominent mountain on the northern border of Israel (Deut 3:8-9; 4:48; Josh 11:3,17; 12:1,5,7; 13:5,11; 1Ch.5.23; Psa.29.6; 42:6; 89:12; 133:3; Sng.4.8; 8:11; Jer.18.14; Ezk.27.5).
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Mount Hermon, located on the northern border of Israel, is the highest peak in the Anti-Lebanon mountain range. It is also referred to by various names, including Baal-hermon, Baal-hamon, Baal-gad, Senir, and Sirion (Deut 3:8-9; 4:48; Josh 11:3,17; 12:1,5,7; 13:5,11; 1Ch.5.23; Psa.29.6; 42:6; 89:12; 133:3; Sng.4.8; 8:11; Jer.18.14; Ezk.27.5). The mountain marked the northern extent of the Promised Land conquered by Joshua (Josh 11:17; 12:1,5). It was also the northern limit of the territory allocated to the half-tribe of Manasseh (Josh 13:11; 1Ch.5.23). The Sidonians called the mountain Sirion, while the Amorites called it Senir (Deut 3:9; Ezk.27.5). Mount Hermon was known for its abundant dew (Psa.133.3) and was a source of refreshment for the surrounding lands (Jer.18.14). The mountain was also associated with the Canaanite god Baal, as evidenced by the names Baal-hermon, Baal-hamon, and Baal-gad (Judg 3:3; Sng.8.11). Its majestic appearance is celebrated in the Psalms (Psa.29.6; 89:12), and it is mentioned as a place of beauty and fertility (Sng.4.8).
Approximate location: 33.416, 35.857 · view on a map · on the Bible atlas
20 verses in 8 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H2768
At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—
which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—
extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),
to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.
Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:
He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritance
the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.
also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah—
the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
Now the people of the half-tribe of Manasseh were numerous. They settled in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon (that is, Senir, also known as Mount Hermon).
He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.
O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.
North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.
Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.
Does the snow of Lebanon ever leave its rocky slopes? Or do its cool waters flowing from a distance ever run dry?
They constructed all your planking with cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
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