Mount Halak
Mount Halak was a mountain that marked the southern boundary of the territory conquered by Joshua.
PlaceOld Testament1 book2 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Joshua 11:17; only referred to as Halak Mount (חָלָק).
Location
- Identified as
- Jebel Halaq
- Certainty
- Possible (59% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 30.914° N, 34.829° E
Alternative names
- חָלָקMount Halak
Mentions
- …from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.
- And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritance