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Baal

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 worship of
• —Jer 2:8,23; 7:9
• Altars of, destroyed by Gideon
• —Jud 6:25-32
• Destroyed by Jehoiada
• —2Ki 11:18
• Destroyed by Josiah
• —2Ki 23:4,5
• Prophets of, slain by Elijah
• —1Ki 18:40
• All worshipers of, destroyed by Jehu
• —2Ki 10:18-25

2. A Benjamite—1Ch 8:30; 9:36

3. A Reubenite—1Ch 5:5

4. A city in the tribe of Simeon—1Ch 4:33

• Called BAALATH-BEER
• —Jos 19:8