Bible Dictionary: Baal

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Baal

master; lord

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Baal

(lord).

A Reubenite (1 Chronicles 5:5)
The son of Jehiel, and grandfather of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:30; 9:36)

ATS Bible Dictionary

Baal

Lord,

1. In the Old Testament denotes an idol of the Phoenicians, and particularly of the Tyrians, whose worship was also introduced with great solemnities among the Hebrews, and especially at Samaria, along with that of Astarte, Jud 6:25-32 2 Kings 10:18,28. See ASHTORETH, plural ASH-TAROTH. The plural, Baalim, signifies images or statues of Baal, Jud 2:11 10:10. Of the extent to which the worship of this idol was domesticated among the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, we have an evidence in the proper names of persons; as, among the former, Ethbaal, Jerubbaal; and among the latter, Hannibal, Asdrubal, etc. Among the Babylonians, the same idol was worshipped under the name of BEL, which is only another form of the word Baal, Isaiah 46:1 Jeremiah 50:2 51:44. The worship of Baal was established in Babylon in the famous tower of Babel, the uppermost room of which served at the same time as an observatory, and as the repository of a collection of astronomical observations.

That in the astronomical, or rather, astrological mythology of the East, we are to look for the origin of this worship in the adoration of the heavenly bodies, is conceded by all critics. The more common opinion has been, that Baal, or Bel, is the sun; and that, under this name, this luminary received divine honors. But the Greek and Roman writers give to the Babylonian Bel the name of Jupiter Belus, meaning the planet Jupiter, which was regarded, along with the planet Venus, as the guardian and giver of all good fortune; and formed, with Venus, the most fortunate of all constellations, under which alone fortunate sovereigns could be born. This planet, therefore, many suppose to have been the object of worship under the name of Baal, as also the planet Venus under that of Astarte. Not that the sun was not an object of idolatrous worship among these nations, but in that case he is represented under his own name; as 2 Kings 23:11.

The temples and altars of Ball were generally on eminences. Manasseh placed in the two courts of the temple at Jerusalem altars to all the host of heaven, and in particular to Astarte, 2 Kings 21:5,7. Jeremiah threatens the Jews who had sacrificed to Baal on the house-top, Jeremiah 32:29; and Josiah destroyed the altars which Ahaz had erected on the terrace of his palace, 2 Kings 23:12.

Human victims were offered to Baal, as they were also to the sun. Jeremiah reproaches the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem with "building the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt-offerings unto Baal," Jeremiah 19:5; an expression which appears to be decisive as to the actual slaying by fire of the unhappy victims to Baal. See MOLOCH.

The children of Israel were prone to serve Baal. See Numbers 25:3 Jud 2:14 3:7. Under Samuel they put away their idols, 1 Samuel 7:4. This continued under David and Solomon; but under Ahab, whose wife Jezebel was a daughter of the Zidonian king Ethbaal, the worship of Baal was restored with great pomp, 1 Kings 16:31.

Joined with other words, Baal signifies also other false gods. Baal-Berith, or the "lord of the covenant," was a god of the Shechemites, Jud 8:33 9:4. Baal-Peor, or "the lord of Peor," was a filthy idol of the Moabites, Numbers 25:3, 5 Hosea 9:10. Baal-Zebub, "lord of flies," was a god of the Philistines at Ekron. See BEELZEBUB.

2. The word BAAL also occurs in many compound names of places, not always having any reference to the idol.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Lord.

(1.) The name appropriated to the principal male god of the Phoenicians. It is found in several places in the plural BAALIM (Judges 2:11; 10:10; 1 Kings 18:18; Jeremiah 2:23; Hosea 2:17). Baal is identified with Molech (Jeremiah 19:5). It was known to the Israelites as Baal-peor (Numbers 25:3; Deuteronomy 4:3), was worshipped till the time of Samuel (1 Samuel 7:4), and was afterwards the religion of the ten tribes in the time of Ahab (1 Kings 16:31-33; 18:19, 22). It prevailed also for a time in the kingdom of Judah (2 Kings 8:27; Comp. 11:18; 16:3; 2 Chronicles 28:2), till finally put an end to by the severe discipline of the Captivity (Zephaniah 1:4-6). The priests of Baal were in great numbers (1 Kings 18:19), and of various classes (2 Kings 10:19). Their mode of offering sacrifices is described in 1 Kings 18:25-29. The sun-god, under the general title of Baal, or "lord," was the chief object of worship of the Canaanites. Each locality had its special Baal, and the various local Baals were summed up under the name of Baalim, or "lords." Each Baal had a wife, who was a colourless reflection of himself.

(2.) A Benjamite, son of Jehiel, the progenitor of the Gibeonites (1 Chronicles 8:30; 9:36).

(3.) The name of a place inhabited by the Simeonites, the same probably as Baal-ath-beer (1 Chronicles 4:33; Joshua 19:8).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.

2. (n.) The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

BAAL (1)

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 and Character of Baal:

In Babylonia it was the title specially applied to Merodach of Babylon, which in time came to be used in place of his actual name. As the word in Hebrew also means "possessor," it has been supposed to have originally signified, when used in a religious sense, the god of a particular piece of land or soil. Of this, however, there is no proof, and the sense of "possessor" is derived from that of "lord." The Babylonian Bel-Merodach was a Sun-god, and so too was the Can Baal whose full title was Baal-Shemaim, "lord of heaven." The Phoenician writer Sanchuniathon (Philo Byblius, Fragmenta II) accordingly says that the children of the first generation of mankind "in time of drought stretched forth their hands to heaven toward the sun; for they regarded him as the sole Lord of heaven, and called him Beel-samen, which means `Lord of Heaven' in the Phoenician language and is equivalent to Zeus in Greek" Baal-Shemaim had a temple at Umm el-Awamid between Acre and Tyre, and his name is found in inscriptions from the Phoenician colonies of Sardinia and Carthage.

II. Attributes of Baal:

As the Sun-god, Baal was worshipped under two aspects, beneficent and destructive. On the one hand he gave light and warmth to his worshippers; on the other hand the fierce heats of summer destroyed the vegetation he had himself brought into being. Hence, human victims were sacrificed to him in order to appease his anger in time of plague or other trouble, the victim being usually the first-born of the sacrificer and being burnt alive. In the Old Testament this is euphemistically termed "passing" the victim "through the fire" (2 Kings 16:3; 2 Kings 21:6). The forms under which Baal was worshipped were necessarily as numerous as the communities which worshipped him. Each locality had its own Baal or divine "Lord" who frequently took his name from the city or place to which he belonged. Hence, there was a Baal-Zur, "Baal of Tyre"; Baal-hermon, "Baal of Hermon" (Judges 3:3); Baal-Lebanon, "Baal of Lebanon"; Baal-Tarz, "Baal of Tarsus." At other times the title was attached to the name of an individual god; thus we have Bel-Merodach, "the Lord Merodach" (or "Bel is Merodach") at Babylon, Baal-Melkarth at Tyre, Baal-gad (Joshua 11:17) in the north of Palestine. Occasionally the second element was noun as in Baal-Shemaim, "lord of heaven," Baalzebub (2 Kings 1:2), "Lord of flies," Baal-Hamman, usually interpreted "Lord of heat," but more probably "Lord of the sunpillar," the tutelary deity of Carthage. All these various forms of the Sun-god were collectively known as the Baalim or "Baals" who took their place by the side of the female Ashtaroth and Ashtrim. At Carthage the female consort of Baal was termed Pene-Baal, "the face" or "reflection of Baal."

III. Baal-Worship:

In the earlier days of Hebrew history the title Baal, or "Lord," was applied to the national God of Israel, a usage which was revived in later times, and is familiar to us in the King James Version. Hence both Jonathan and David had sons called Merib-baal (1 Chronicles 8:31; 1 Chronicles 9:40) and Beeliada (1 Chronicles 14:7). After the time of Ahab, however, the name became associated with the worship and rites of the Phoenician deity introduced into Samaria by Jezebel, and its idolatrous associations accordingly caused it to fall into disrepute. Hosea 2:16 declares that henceforth the God of Israel should no longer be called Baali, "my Baal," and personal names like Esh-baal (1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:39), and Beelinda into which it entered were changed in form, Baal being turned into bosheth which in Heb at any rate conveyed the sense of "shame."

IV. Temples, etc.:

Temples of Baal at Samaria and Jerusalem are mentioned in 1 Kings 1:18; where they had been erected at the time when the Ahab dynasty endeavored to fuse Israelites and Jews and Phoenicians into a single people under the same national Phoenician god. Altars on which incense was burned to Baal were set up in all the streets of Jerusalem according to Jeremiah (11:13), apparently on the flat roofs of the houses (Jeremiah 32:29); and the temple of Baal contained an image of the god in the shape of a pillar or Bethel (2 Kings 10:26, 27). In the reign of Ahab, Baal was served in Israel by 450 priests (1 Kings 18:19), as well as by prophets (2 Kings 10:19), and his worshippers wore special vestments when his ritual was performed (2 Kings 10:22). The ordinary offering made to the god consisted of incense (Jeremiah 7:9) and burnt sacrifices; on extraordinary occasions the victim was human (Jeremiah 19:5). At times the priests worked themselves into a state of ecstasy, and dancing round the altar slashed themselves with knives (1 Kings 18:26, 28), like certain dervish orders in modern Islam.

V. Use of the Name.

In accordance with its signification the name of Baal is generally used with the definite art.; in the Septuagint this often takes the feminine form, aischane "shame" being intended to be read. We find the same usage in Romans 11:4. The feminine counterpart of Baal was Baalah or Baalath which is found in a good many of the local names (see Baethgen, Beltrage zur semitischen Religionsgeschichte, 1888).

VI. Forms of Baal.

1. Baal-berith:

Baal-berith ba`al berith; Baalberith, "Covenant Baal," was worshipped at Shechem after the death of Gideon (Judges 8:33; Judges 9:4). In Judges 9:46 the name is replaced by El-berith, "Covenant-god." The covenant was that made by the god with his worshippers, less probably between the Israelites and the native Canaanites.

2. Baal-gad:

Baal-gad ba`al gadh; Balagada, "Baal [lord] of good luck" (or "Baal is Gad") was the god of a town called after his name in the north of Palestine, which has often been identified with Baalbek. The god is termed simply Gad in Isaiah 65:11 the Revised Version, margin; where he is associated with Meni, the Assyrian Manu (King James Version "troop" and "number").

3. Baal-hamon:

Baal-hamon ba`al hamon; Beelamon is known only from the fact that Solomon had a garden at a place of that name (Songs 8:11). The name is usually explained to mean "Baal of the multitude," but the cuneiform tablets of the Tell el-Amarna age found in Palestine show that the Egyptian god Amon was worshipped in Canaan and identified there with the native Baal. We are therefore justified in reading the name Baal-Amon, a parallel to the Babylonian Bel-Merodach. The name has no connection with that of the Carthaginian deity Baal-hamman.

4. Baal-hermon:

Baal-hermon ba`al chermon; Balaermon is found in the name of "the mountain of Baal-hermon" (Judges 3:3; compare 1 Chronicles 5:23), which also bore the names of Hermort, Sirion and Shenir (Saniru in the Assyrian inscriptions), the second name being applied to it by the Phoenicians and the third by the Amorites (Deuteronomy 3:9). Baal-hermon will consequently be a formation similar to Baal-Lebanon in an inscription from Cyprus; according to the Phoenician writer Sanchuniathon (Philo Byblius, Fragmenta II) the third generation of men "begat sons of surprising size and stature, whose names were given to the mountains of which they had obtained possession."

5. Baal-peor:

Baal-peor ba`al pe`or; Beelphegor was god of the Moabite mountains, who took his name from Mount Peor (Numbers 23:28), the modern Fa`ur, and was probably a form of Chemosh (Jerome, Comm., Isaiah 15). The sensual rites with which he was worshipped (Numbers 25:1-3) indicate his connection with the Phoenician Baal.

6. Baal-zebub:

Baal-zebub ba`al zebhubh; Baalmuia Theos ("Baal the fly god") was worshipped at Ekron where he had famous oracle (2 Kings 1:2, 3, 16). The name is generally translated "the Lord of flies," the Sun-god being associated with the flies which swarm in Palestine during the earlier summer months. It is met with in Assyrian inscriptions. In the New Testament the name assumes the form of Beelzebul Beelzeboul, in King James Version: BEELZEBUB (which see).

A. H. Sayce

BAAL (2)

ba'-al ba`al, ("lord," "master," "possessor"):

(1) A descendant of Reuben, Jacob's first-born son, and the father of Beerah, prince of the Reubenitcs, "whom Tiglath-pileser (1 Chronicles 5:5, 6) king of Assyria carried away captive."

(2) The fourth of ten sons of Jeiel (King James Version "Jehiel"), father and founder of Gibeon. His mother was Maacah; his brother Kish father o? Saul (1 Chronicles 8:29; 1 Chronicles 9:35, 36, 39; compare 1 Samuel 14:50f). These passages identify Jeiel and Abiel as the father of Kish and thus of Baal. For study of confusions in the genealogical record, in 1 Chronicles 9:36, 39, see KISH; ABIEL; JEIEL.

(3) In composition often the name of a man and not of the heathen god, e.g. Baal-hanan, a king of Edom (Genesis 36:38 1 Chronicles 1:49); also a royal prefect of the same name (1 Chronicles 27:28). Gesenius thinks that Baal in compound words rarely refers to the god by that name. See BAAL (deity).

(4) A city of the tribe of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:33). See BAALATH-BEER.

Dwight M. Pratt

BAAL (3)

ba`al; Baal 1 Chronicles 4:33. See BAALATH-BEER.

Greek

896. Baal -- Baal, a Canaanite deity
... 895, 896. Baal. 897 . Baal, a Canaanite deity. Part of Speech: Proper
Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Baal Phonetic Spelling ...
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954. Beelzeboul -- Beelzebul, a name of Satan
... See also 4567 ("Satan"). Word Origin of uncertain origin, cf. Baal Definition Beelzebul,
a name of Satan NASB Word Usage Beelzebul (7). Beelzebub. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1187. Baal Peor -- "Baal of Peor," a Moabite god
Baal Peor. 1186, 1187. Baal Peor. 1188 . "Baal of Peor," a Moabite
god. Transliteration: Baal Peor Phonetic Spelling: (bah'-al ...
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1179. Baal Chermon -- "Baal of Hermon," the center of Baal worship ...
Baal Chermon. 1178, 1179. Baal Chermon. 1180 . "Baal of Hermon," the
center of Baal worship on Mt. Hermon. Transliteration: Baal ...
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1010. Beth Baal Meon -- "house of Baal of (the) habitation," a ...
Beth Baal Meon. 1009, 1010. Beth Baal Meon. 1011 . "house of Baal of
(the) habitation," a place East of the Jordan. Transliteration ...
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1190. Baal Shalishah -- "Baal of Shalishah," a place in Palestine
Baal Shalishah. 1189, 1190. Baal Shalishah. 1191 . "Baal of Shalishah,"
a place in Palestine. Transliteration: Baal Shalishah ...
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1189. Baal Tsephon -- "Baal of winter," a place in Egypt
Baal Tsephon. 1188, 1189. Baal Tsephon. 1190 . "Baal of winter," a place
in Egypt. Transliteration: Baal Tsephon Phonetic Spelling ...
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7154. Qiryath Baal -- "city of Baal," another name for Kiriath ...
Qiryath Baal. 7153, 7154. Qiryath Baal. 7155 . "city of Baal," another
name for Kiriath-jearim. Transliteration: Qiryath Baal ...
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1485. Gur-baal -- "dwelling of Baal," a place in Arabia
Gur-baal. 1484, 1485. Gur-baal. 1486 . "dwelling of Baal," a place in
Arabia. Transliteration: Gur-baal Phonetic Spelling: (goor ...
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1170. Baal Berith -- "Baal of (the) covenant," a Shechemite god
Baal Berith. 1169, 1170. Baal Berith. 1171 . "Baal of (the) covenant,"
a Shechemite god. Transliteration: Baal Berith Phonetic ...
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1171. Baal Gad -- "Baal of fortune," a place near Mt. Hermon
Baal Gad. 1170, 1171. Baal Gad. 1172 . "Baal of fortune," a place near
Mt. Hermon. Transliteration: Baal Gad Phonetic Spelling ...
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4807. Merib Baal -- perhaps "Baal is advocate," a son of Jonathan
Merib Baal. 4806, 4807. Merib Baal. 4808 . perhaps "Baal is advocate,"
a son of Jonathan. Transliteration: Merib Baal Phonetic ...
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Library

Ninth Sunday after Trinity. How Long Halt Ye Between Two Opinions? ...
... If the Lord be God, follow Him; but if Baal, then follow him. ... If the Lord be God,
follow Him; but if Baal, then follow him. From the Lesson. [1 Kings 18:21]. ...
/.../winkworth/lyra germanica the christian year/ninth sunday after trinity how.htm

The Story of Gideon and his Three Hundred Soldiers
... At last the people of Israel came into the promised land, but they did evil in the
sight of the Lord in worshipping Baal; and the Lord left them to suffer for ...
/.../marshall/the wonder book of bible stories/the story of gideon and.htm

Elijah the Great Heart of Israel.
... for it. Ahab was more wicked than the kings that reigned before him, and
had built a temple for the god Baal in Samaria. Because ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xxvii elijah the great.htm

Impure Zeal
... 'And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served
Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.19. Now ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/impure zeal.htm

The Prophet of Fire
... Now therefore call together to me at Mount Carmel all the Israelites and the four
hundred and fifty prophets of the god Baal who eat at Jezebel's table.". ...
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The Record of Two Kings
... in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter
of Ethibaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/the record of two kings.htm

Carmel
... Standing before Ahab, Elijah demanded that all Israel be assembled to meet
him and the prophets of Baal and Ashtoreth on Mount Carmel. ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 11 carmel.htm

The Story of Elijah, the Prophet
... His wife, Jezebel, who was a worshiper of Baal, persuaded him to build an altar
to the false god. ... Two altars were built; one to Jehovah and one to Baal. ...
/.../marshall/the wonder book of bible stories/the story of elijah the.htm

"Then the Fire of the Lord Fell. " 1 Kings xviii. 38
... God fell! II.--- THE FIRE WAS SOMETHING BAAL'S PRIESTS COULD NOT
PRODUCE."The Creator has a pre-emption on His universe. He has ...
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Elijah the Tishbite
... Inasmuch as the worshipers of Baal claimed that the treasures of heaven, the dew
and the rain, came not from Jehovah, but from the ruling forces of nature, and ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/chapter 9 elijah the tishbite.htm

Thesaurus

Bamoth-baal (2 Occurrences)
Bamoth-baal. Bamothbaal, Bamoth-baal. Bamoth-ba'al . Easton's Bible Dictionary ...
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BAMOTH; BAMOTH-BAAL. ...
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Baal (94 Occurrences)
...Baal is identified with Molech (Jeremiah 19:5). It was known to the Israelites as
Baal-peor (Numbers 25:3; Deuteronomy 4:3), was worshipped till the time of ...
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Merib-baal (2 Occurrences)
Merib-baal. Meribbaal, Merib-baal. Mer'ib-ba'al . Easton's Bible Dictionary
Contender ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MERIB-BAAL. mer ...
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Baal-peor (6 Occurrences)
Baal-peor. Baalpeor, Baal-peor. Ba'al-pe'or . Easton's Bible Dictionary ... So called
from Mount Peor, where this worship was celebrated, the Baal of Peor. ...
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Baal-gad (3 Occurrences)
Baal-gad. Baalgad, Baal-gad. Ba'al-gad . Easton's Bible Dictionary Lord
of fortune, or troop of Baal, a Canaanite city in the valley ...
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Baal-perazim (2 Occurrences)
Baal-perazim. Baalperazim, Baal-perazim. Ba'al-pera'zim . Easton's Bible
Dictionary ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BAAL-PERAZIM. ...
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Baal-hermon (2 Occurrences)
Baal-hermon. Baalhermon, Baal-hermon. Ba'al-her'mon . Easton's Bible Dictionary
Lord of Hermon. ... Probably identical with Baal-gad (Joshua 11:17). ...
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Baal-zebul (6 Occurrences)
Baal-zebul. Ba'al-ze'bub, Baal-zebul. Baal-zebul's . Multi-Version
Concordance Baal-zebul (6 Occurrences). Matthew 10 ...
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Gur-baal (1 Occurrence)
Gur-baal. Gurbaal, Gur-baal. Gurba'al . ... Sojourn of Baal, a place in Arabia
(2 Chronicles 26:7) where there was probably a temple of Baal. Int. ...
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Baal-meon (3 Occurrences)
Baal-meon. Baalmeon, Baal-meon. Ba'al-me'on . Easton's Bible Dictionary
Lord of ... Heshbon. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BAAL-MEON. ba ...
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Bible Concordance

Baal (94 Occurrences)

Romans 11:4 But how does God answer him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 36:38 Shaul died, and Baal Hanan, the son of Achbor reigned in his place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Genesis 36:39 Baal Hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his place. The name of his city was Pau. His wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Exodus 14:2 "Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal Zephon. You shall encamp opposite it by the sea.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Exodus 14:9 The Egyptians pursued after them: all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen, and his army; and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baal Zephon.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 22:41 It happened in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there the utmost part of the people.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 25:3 Israel joined himself to Baal Peor: and the anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 25:5 Moses said to the judges of Israel, "Everyone kill his men who have joined themselves to Baal Peor."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 32:38 and Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah: and they gave other names to the cities which they built.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 33:7 They traveled from Etham, and turned back to Pihahiroth, which is before Baal Zephon: and they encamped before Migdol.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 4:3 Your eyes have seen what Yahweh did because of Baal Peor; for all the men who followed Baal Peor, Yahweh your God has destroyed them from the midst of you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 11:17 from Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon. He took all their kings, struck them, and put them to death.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 12:7 These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir. Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 13:5 and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad under Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 13:17 Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 15:60 Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath Jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 18:14 The border extended, and turned around on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth Horon southward; and ended at Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah. This was the west quarter.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Judges 2:13 They forsook Yahweh, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
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Judges 3:3 namely, the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.
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Judges 6:25 It happened the same night, that Yahweh said to him, "Take your father's bull, even the second bull seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;
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Judges 6:28 When the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on the altar that was built.
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Judges 6:30 Then the men of the city said to Joash, "Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it."
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Judges 6:31 Joash said to all who stood against him, "Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for him, let him be put to death while it is yet morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has broken down his altar."
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Judges 6:32 Therefore on that day he named him Jerub-Baal, saying, "Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar."
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Judges 8:33 It happened, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the prostitute after the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god.
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Judges 9:4 They gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him.
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Judges 20:33 All the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Baal Tamar: and the ambushers of Israel broke forth out of their place, even out of Maareh Geba.
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1 Samuel 7:4 Then the children of Israel did put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served Yahweh only.
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2 Samuel 5:20 David came to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there; and he said, "Yahweh has broken my enemies before me, like the breach of waters." Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim.
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2 Samuel 6:2 David arose, and went with all the people who were with him, from Baale Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name, even the name of Yahweh of Armies who sits above the cherubim.
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2 Samuel 13:23 It happened after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.
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1 Kings 16:31 It happened, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him.
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1 Kings 16:32 He reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
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1 Kings 18:19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to Mount Carmel, and four hundred fifty of the prophets of Baal, and four hundred of the prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table."
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1 Kings 18:21 Elijah came near to all the people, and said, "How long will you waver between the two sides? If Yahweh is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." The people answered him not a word.
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1 Kings 18:22 Then Elijah said to the people, "I, even I only, am left a prophet of Yahweh; but Baal's prophets are four hundred fifty men.
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1 Kings 18:25 Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose one bull for yourselves, and dress it first; for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it."
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1 Kings 18:26 They took the bull which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any who answered. They leaped about the altar which was made.
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1 Kings 18:40 Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal! Don't let one of them escape!" They seized them. Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
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1 Kings 19:18 Yet will I leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him."
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1 Kings 22:53 He served Baal, and worshiped him, and provoked to anger Yahweh, the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
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2 Kings 1:2 Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick. So he sent messengers, and said to them, "Go, inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover of this sickness."
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2 Kings 1:3 But the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah the Tishbite, "Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them,'Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?
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2 Kings 1:6 They said to him, "A man came up to meet us, and said to us,'Go, return to the king who sent you, and tell him, "Thus says Yahweh,'Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.'"'"
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2 Kings 1:16 He said to him, "Thus says Yahweh,'Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die."
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2 Kings 3:2 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, but not like his father, and like his mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
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2 Kings 4:42 A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. He said, "Give to the people, that they may eat."
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2 Kings 10:18 Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him much.
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2 Kings 10:19 Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all of his worshippers, and all of his priests. Let none be absent; for I have a great sacrifice to Baal. Whoever is absent, he shall not live." But Jehu did it in subtlety, intending that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
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2 Kings 10:20 Jehu said, "Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal!" They proclaimed it.
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2 Kings 10:21 Jehu sent through all Israel; and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that didn't come. They came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was filled from one end to another.
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2 Kings 10:22 He said to him who was over the vestry, "Bring out robes for all the worshippers of Baal!" He brought robes out to them.
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2 Kings 10:23 Jehu went with Jehonadab the son of Rechab into the house of Baal. Then he said to the worshippers of Baal, "Search, and look that there are here with you none of the servants of Yahweh, but the worshippers of Baal only."
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2 Kings 10:25 It happened, 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 kill them! Let none escape." They struck 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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2 Kings 10:26 They brought out the pillars that were in the house of Baal, and burned them.
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2 Kings 10:27 They broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine, to this day.
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2 Kings 10:28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
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2 Kings 11:18 All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. The priest appointed officers over the house of Yahweh.
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2 Kings 17:16 They forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served Baal.
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2 Kings 21:3 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshiped all the army of the sky, and served them.
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2 Kings 23:4 The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the temple of Yahweh all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky, and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel.
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2 Kings 23:5 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 around Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the army of the sky.
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1 Chronicles 1:49 Shaul died, and Baal Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place.
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1 Chronicles 1:50 Baal Hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his place; and the name of his city was Pai: and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
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1 Chronicles 4:33 and all their villages that were around the same cities, to Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy.
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1 Chronicles 5:5 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
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1 Chronicles 5:8 and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal Meon:
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1 Chronicles 5:23 The children of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land: they increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon.
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1 Chronicles 8:30 and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
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1 Chronicles 8:34 The son of Jonathan was Merib Baal; and Merib Baal became the father of Micah.
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1 Chronicles 9:36 and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
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1 Chronicles 9:40 The son of Jonathan was Merib Baal; and Merib Baal became the father of Micah.
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1 Chronicles 14:11 So they came up to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there; and David said, God has broken my enemies by my hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal Perazim.
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1 Chronicles 27:28 and over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the lowland was Baal Hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
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2 Chronicles 23:17 All the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke his altars and his images in pieces, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
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2 Chronicles 26:7 God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gur Baal, and the Meunim.
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Psalms 106:28 They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
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Song of Songs 8:11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He leased out the vineyard to keepers. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
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Jeremiah 2:8 The priests didn't say, Where is Yahweh? and those who handle the law didn't know me: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.
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Jeremiah 3:24 But the Baal has taken all the work of our fathers from our earliest days; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
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Jeremiah 7:9 Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,
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Jeremiah 11:13 For according to the number of your cities are your gods, Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have you set up altars to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal.
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Jeremiah 11:17 For Yahweh of Armies, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you, because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have worked for themselves in provoking me to anger by offering incense to Baal.
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Jeremiah 12:16 It shall happen, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Yahweh lives; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people.
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Jeremiah 19:5 and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt offerings to Baal; which I didn't command, nor spoke it, neither came it into my mind:
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Jeremiah 23:13 I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
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Jeremiah 23:27 who think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers forgot my name for Baal.
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Jeremiah 32:29 and the Chaldeans, who fight against this city, shall come and set this city on fire, and burn it, with the houses, on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.
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Jeremiah 32:35 They built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech; which I didn't command them, neither did it come into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.
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Ezekiel 25:9 therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim,
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Hosea 2:8 For she did not know that I gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.
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Hosea 9:10 I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at its first season; but they came to Baal Peor, and consecrated themselves to the shameful thing, and became abominable like that which they loved.
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Hosea 13:1 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he became guilty in Baal, he died.
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Zephaniah 1:4 I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,
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Subtopics

Baal

Baal: A Benjamite

Baal: A City in the Tribe of Simeon

Baal: A City in the Tribe of Simeon: Called Baalath-Beer

Baal: A Reubenite

Baal: An Idol of the Phoenicians, God of the Sun by the Jews

Baal: An Idol of the Phoenicians, God of the Sun by the Kingdom of Israel

Baal: An Idol of the Phoenicians, God of the Sun: All Worshipers of, Destroyed by Jehu

Baal: An Idol of the Phoenicians, God of the Sun: Altars of, Destroyed by Gideon

Baal: An Idol of the Phoenicians, God of the Sun: Destroyed by Jehoiada

Baal: An Idol of the Phoenicians, God of the Sun: Destroyed by Josiah