Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)/Baca, Valley of

by Matthew George Easton

Baca, Valley of

• Baca, Valley of (Ps. 84:6; R.V., "valley of weeping," marg., "or balsam trees"), probably a valley in some part of Palestine, or generally some one of the valleys through which pilgrims had to pass on their way to the sanctuary of Jehovah on Zion; or it may be figuratively "a valley of weeping."