Bible Dictionary
Bethbaalmeon
A town east of the Jordan in the territory of Reuben, also called Baal-meon and Beon. It later belonged to Moab and was called Beth-meon.
Definition
Bethbaalmeon was a place in the territory of Reuben, on the plains east of the Jordan. It was also called Baal-meon and, in contracted form, Beon. Later it was known as Beth-meon or Baal-meon.
Biblical Usage
The place is named in descriptions of Reuben’s possessions and in prophetic references to Moab. The supplied material indicates that it later came into Moabite possession.
Historical Background
The name remained attached to a considerable ruined site southwest of Hesban, called “the fortress of Mi’un,” or Makin.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(house of Baalmeon), a place in the possessions of Reuben, on the downs (Authorized Version “plain”) east of the Jordan. (Joshua 13:17) At the Israelites’ first approach is name was BAAL-MEON, (Numbers 32:38) or, in its contracted form, BEON (Numbers 32:3) to which the Beth was possibly a Hebrew addition. Later it would seem to have come into possession of Moab, and to be known either as Beth-meon, (Jeremiah 48:23) or Baal-meon. (Ezekiel 25:9) The name is still attached to a ruined place of considerable size a short distance to the southwest of Hesban, and bearing the name of “the fortress of Mi’un, ” or Makin .