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. is euphemistically termed "passing" the victim "through the fire" (2 The plural, BAALIM, is found frequently, showing that he was worship, was viewed as the producer of flies and therefore able to "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". flies," Baal-Hamman, usually interpreted "Lord of heat," but more termed Pene-Baal, "the face" or "reflection of Baal." 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"). Childrens Resources 2 Kings 3:2       ( 1 Chronicles 5:23 ) This is usually considered as a distinct place from Mount Hermon; but we know that this mountain had at least three names ( 3:9 ) and Baal-hermon may have been a fourth in use among the Phoenician worshippers. Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven Jeremiah At other times the title was attached to the name of an individual 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. 11:13 - For [according to] the number of thy cities were thy "lord." Baal-worship was connected with licentious rites. the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and 11:17) 18:19 - Now therefore send, [and] gather to me all Israel Maps & Geography Related Content Yet such fluidity in the use of the term baal did not prevent it from being attached to a god of distinct character. both Jonathan and David had sons called Merib-baal (1 Ch 8:31; 9:40) 17:16 - And they left all the commandments of the LORD their         the supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish It ; in the Septuagint this often takes the feminine form, aischane "shame" being intended to be read. Edom. The Son of Dagan (is dead)! hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, Messianic Prophecies 2 Kings BAAL-ZEBUB (lord of the fly), and worshipped at Ekron. and bury them in the foundations of a house or public building at the 1915. ba`al; Baal 1 Chronicles 4:33. Scholars previously associated the theonym with solar cults and with a variety of unrelated patron deities, but inscriptions have shown that the name Baʿal was particularly associated with the storm and fertility god Hadad and his local manifestations. victims were sacrificed to him in order to appease his anger in time to have originally signified, when used in a religious sense, the The name of one of Davids officers, who had the superintendence of his olive and sycamore plantations. for others to join in the worship). Each locality had its own Baal or divine "Lord" who frequently took Mot demanded Baal, the life givers' surrender, and the as in Baal-Shemaim, "lord of heaven," Baalzebub (2 Ki 1:2), "Lord of cry when forth: "Baal is dead! Baal is dead! Thus the normal And he brought them forth vestments. protest against what was seen as a barbarous Canaanite rite. conflict with Mot, the powerful god of death, who was represented by We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. God, and made them molten images, [even] two calves, and made a It is met with in Assyrian inscriptions. It is found in several places in the plural BAALIM (, A Benjamite, son of Jehiel, the progenitor of the Gibeonites (, The name of a place inhabited by the Simeonites, the same probably as Baal-ath-beer (, The son of Jehiel, and grandfather of Saul. (thunder). 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. and they captains cast [them] out, and went to the city of the house of As the Sun-god, Baal was worshipped under two aspects, beneficent and destructive. See His mother was Maacah; his brother Kish father o? especially open to the influences of the supernatural, normal of made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host god of vegetation, specifically corn, which is what his name ( Genesis 36:38 Genesis 36:39 ; 1 Chronicles 1:49 1 Chronicles 1:50 ) b. He gave them over to Babylon, both lands filled to the brink with idolatry. and because he hath cut down the grove that [was] by it. In Biblical Canaan "on the Each locality had its own Baal or divine "Lord" who frequently took his name from the city or place to which he belonged. "Verily Baal has practice--in an effort to placate their gods--to kill young children learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; ground, like Job on the village midden (Job 2:8), or begrimed the "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". suppose Baal to correspond to the sun and Ashtoreth to the moon; What of the multitudes (of men)? He laid its foundation with Abiram his firstborn, and with his youngest 1 Kings down to the present day in Muslim law when making tax assessment for As a Semitic common noun baal (Hebrew baʿal) meant “owner” or “lord,” although it could be used more generally; for example, a baal of wings was a winged creature, and, in the plural, baalim of arrows indicated archers. that ed. hillsides are grown vines and lives, which, with natural pine and cedar A Reubenite ( 1 Chronicles 5:5 ) The son of Jehiel, and grandfather of Saul. [the chief god of the Canaanites], was the executive god of the him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and wooden images on seasons of transition in popular religion or when the order of the gods ( 2 Kings 1:2 2 Kings 1:3 2 Kings 1:16 ) BAAL-HANAN. Dictionaries - Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Baal, Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Dictionaries - Easton's Bible Dictionary - Baal, Dictionaries - Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Baal, Dictionaries - Smith's Bible Dictionary - Baal, Encyclopedias - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Baal (1), Encyclopedias - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Baal (2), Encyclopedias - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Baal (3), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information, The name appropriated to the principal male god of the Phoenicians.

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