BAAL-MEON bā əl me’ än (בַּ֧עַל מְעֹ֛ון). A city built by Reuben across the Jordan (Num 32:38). Here Reuben’s descendants dwelt (1 Chron 5:8). It is described as one of the glorious cities of the frontier of Moab along with Beth-jeshimoth and Kiriathaim (Ezek 25:9). The city is variously called in Scripture: Beth-baal-meon (Josh 13:17); Beth-meon (Jer 48:23); and Beon (Num 32:3). In the inscr. on the Moabite Stone, Mesha, king of Moab, claims to have built Baal-Meon, making a reservoir in it. Possession must have passed alternately between Moab and Israel several times in its history. It is to be identified with Main about three and one-half m. S of Medeba. It is approximately eight m. E of the Dead Sea some six m. from the N end of the sea.