Baal Hamon
בַּעַל הָמוֹן/BAY-uhl HAY-mohn/
“Place of multitude”
☩Solomon's Vineyard
Baal-hamon ('owner of a multitude') was the location of Solomon's extensive vineyard, which he leased to keepers who were to pay a thousand pieces of silver for its fruit. The exact location is uncertain but may have been in the mountains of Ephraim, not far from Samaria.
Key verses:Song of Solomon 8:11
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Baal-hamon," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. I (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Baal-Hamon," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).