The name appropriated to the principal male god of the Phoenicians. It is found in several places in the plural BAALIM. Definition from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897, public domain), a 19th-century Christian reference work.
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Baal
The gods of their world
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- Judges 2:11bsb
And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
- Judges 10:10bsb
Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
- 1 Kings 18:18bsb
“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
- 1 Kings 16:31bsb
And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.
- 1 Kings 18:19bsb
Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
- Jeremiah 2:23bsb
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,
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