Gur-baal

Gur-baal (meaning sojourn of Baal) was a place in Arabia mentioned in 2 Chronicles 26:7 in the account of King Uzziah's military campaigns: "God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims." The site was located in the Arabian desert, likely south or southeast of Judah, and appears to have been a settlement associated with Baal worship — as its name suggests. Beyond this single reference, Gur-baal is not mentioned elsewhere in the biblical text, and its precise location has not been identified by modern archaeology.

The verse places Gur-baal in the context of Uzziah's remarkable military success during the period of his faithful reign — a period during which God prospered him against traditional enemies on multiple fronts before his fatal act of presumption in entering the temple to burn incense (2 Chronicles 26:16–21).