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BEL

bel, bal (bel): Appellative name of a Bah god (compare BAAL), in the Old Testament and Apocrypha identified with Marduk or Merodach, the tutelary deity of Babylon (compare Isa 46:1; Jer 51:44; Baruch 6:41).
See BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA, RELIGION OF.
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'bel'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.

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