bajith Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
bajith in Easton's Bible Dictionary
house, probably a city of Moab, which had a celebrated idol-temple (Isa. 15:2). It has also been regarded as denoting simply the temple of the idol of Moab as opposed to the "high place."
bajith in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(the horse), referring to the "temple" of the false gods of Moab, as opposed to the "high places" in the same sentence. #Isa 15:2| and comp. #Isa 16:12|
bajith in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
BA'JITH (house). In Isa 15:2 the Hebrew reads "the bajith" or "the temple;" probably the temple of Chemosh.
bajith in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Isaiah 15:2; "he is gone up to Bajith," rather, "to the temple," answering to "the sanctuary" (Isaiah 16:12) in a similar context. With the definite article "the," the "high places" (Bamoth) follow in the context. In the Moabite stone of Dibon there is inscribed: "I Mesha, son of Chemosh god, built Beth Bamoth, for it was destroyed, and Beth Diblathaim, and Beth Baal Meon." The Bajith, followed by Dibon, and Bamoth in Isaiah 15:2 correspond. Bajith, like Dibon, was a "high place." The peculiarity of Bajith was it had a sacred "house" or sanctuary, on the high place, to the national god Chemosh. In the same high places where they had exulted in their idol they shall weep, to find it unable to save them from destruction.