Baal-gad: Lord of fortune, or troop of Baal, a Canaanite city in the valley of
Lebanon at the foot of Hermon, hence called Baal-hermon
(Judges 3:3)
(1 Chronicles 5:23) near the source of the Jordan
(Joshua 13:5; 11:17; 12:7) It was
the most northern point to which Joshua's conquests extended. It
probably derived its name from the worship of Baal. Its modern
representative is Banias. Some have supposed it to be the same as
Baalbec.
