Baal
And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of
Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the
cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them
also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the
moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven....
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And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering
the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the
captains, Go in, [and] slay them; let none come forth. And
they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and
the captains cast [them] out, and went to the city of the
house of Baal....
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For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil
against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the
house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to
provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal....
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(Arabic: بعل, pronounced [ˈbaʕal]) (Hebrew: בעל, pronounced
[ˈbaʕal]) (also spelled Baal in English) is a Northwest
Semitic title and honorific meaning "master" or "lord"[1] that
is used for various gods who were patrons of cities in the
Levant, cognate to Akkadian Bēlu. A Baalist or Baalite means a
worshipper of Baal.
"Ba‛al" can refer to a...
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1. An idol of the Phoenicians, god of the sun
The Israelites wickedly worshiped in the time of the
judges
Jud 2:10-23; 1Sa 7:3,4
By the kingdom of Israel
2Ki 17:16; Jer 23:13; Ho 1; 2; 13:1
Under Ahab
1Ki 16:31-33; 18:18; 19:18
Under Jehoram
2Ki 3:2
By the Jews
2Ki 21:3; 2Ch 22:2-4; 24:7; 28:2; 33:3
Jeremiah expostulates against the wor...
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(lord).
1. A Reubenite 1Ch 5:5
2. The son of Jehiel, and grandfather of Saul. 1Ch
8:30; 9:36...
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lord. (1.) The name appropriated to the principal male god
of
the Phoenicians. It is found in several places in
the plural
BAALIM (Judg. 2:11; 10:10; 1 Kings 18:18; Jer. 2:23;
Hos. 2:17).
Baal is identified with Molech (Jer. 19:5). It was
known to the
Israelites as Baal-peor (Num. 25:3; Deut. 4:3), was
worshipped
till the time of Samuel (...
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The chief male deity, as Ashtoreth is the chief goddess, of
the Canaanites and Phoenicians. Baalim, the plural form,
expresses the various aspects of Baal, as different localities
viewed him. Baal is also associated with Aaherah, inaccurately
translated "THE GROVE" or "groves" (Judges 3:7; 2 Chronicles
33:3; 2 Chronicles 34:4; 2 Kings 23:5-6)....
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ba'-al: (ba`al; or Baal): The Babylonian Belu or Bel,
"Lord," was the title of the supreme god among the
Canaanites.
I. NAME AND CHARACTER OF BAAL
II. ATTRIBUTES OF BAAL
III. BAAL-WORSHIP
IV. TEMPLES, ETC.
V. USE OF THE NAME
VI. FORMS OF BAAL
1. Baal-berith
2. Baal-gad
3. Baal-hamon
4. Baal-hermon
5. Baal-peor
6. Baal-zebub
I. Name...
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