Baal-tamar (“Lord of the Palm”) is a place of uncertain identification near
Gibeah, mentioned the
Book of Judges
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() in the account of the
battle
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between the
Tribe of Benjamin
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and the other
tribes of Israel
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.
Eusebius
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(''Onomastica Sacra'', 238, § 75) knew Baaltamar under the name of "Beth-thamar";
[Also]
Douai-Rheims Version, 1899 edition
/ref> but at the present day it can not be located.
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Definition at die.net
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