Summary

Bik'at Halevanon is a large, lush, valley in the area of Lebanon.

Currently identified with the valley known as Al Bekaa.

  • Bik'at Halevanon is mentioned as the northern border of Yehoshua's conquests (Joshua 11, 17; Joshua 12, 7).
  • Amos gave a pejorative nickname to the valley: Bik'at Aven, because of the of the many altars for Baal- worship that were found there at the time (Amos 1, 5).
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