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Baalbec: Called by the Greeks Heliopolis i.e., "the city of the sun", because
of its famous Temple of the Sun, has by some been supposed to be
Solomon's "house of the forest of Lebanon"
(1 Kings 7:2; 10:17; 2 Chronicles 9:16) by
others it is identified with Baal-gad (q.v.). It was a city of
Coele-Syria, on the lowest declivity of Anti-Libanus, about 42 miles
north-west of Damascus. It was one of the most splendid of Syrian
cities, existing from a remote antiquity. After sustaining several
sieges under the Moslems and others, it was finally destroyed by an
earthquake in 1759. Its ruins are of great extent.
