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3681 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Elijah.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
… whether Baal or Jehovah were the true God. This was done on Carmel, with the result that the people fell on their faces, crying, “The Lord, he is the God.” Thus was accomplished …
3682 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Elijah.5 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of Baal, threatened to put Elijah to death ( 1 Kings 19:1-13 ). He therefore fled in alarm to Beersheba, and thence went alone a day’s journey into the wilderness …
3683 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Ensign.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
(3.) The Hebrew word degel denotes the standard given to each of the four divisions of the host of the Israelites at the Exodus ( Numbers 1:52; Numbers 2:2; Numbers …
3684 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Eshbaal.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Eshbaal — man of Baal, the fourth son of king Saul ( 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:39 ). He is also called Ish-bosheth (q.v.), 2 Samuel 2:8 .
3686 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Eth-Baal.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Eth-Baal — with Baal, a king of Sidon ( 940-908), father of Jezebel, who was the wife of Ahab ( 1 Kings 16:31 ). He is said to have been also a priest of Astarte, whose worship …
3687 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Fire.7 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of Baal. These objects of worship seem to have been of the nature of obelisks, and were sometimes evidently made of wood.
3688 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Fly.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… god Baal-zebub (q.v.). The prophet Isaiah ( Isaiah 7:18 ) alludes to some poisonous fly which was believed to be found on the confines of Egypt, and which would be called …
3689 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Gezer.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of Baal-perazim. The Canaanites retained possession of it till the time of Solomon, when the king of Egypt took it and gave it to Solomon as a part of the dowry …
3690 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Gideon.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of Baal and cut down the asherah which was upon it, and then blew the trumpet of alarm, and the people flocked to his standard on the crest of Mount Gilboa to the …
3691 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Gilead, Balm of.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… words baal shemen, meaning “lord” or “chief of oils.”
3692 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Gilead, Balm of.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
The Hebrew name of this balm was tsori. The tree yielding this medicinal oil was probably the Balsamodendron opobalsamum of botanists, and the Amyris opobalsamum …
3694 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Gur-Baal.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
Gur-Baal — sojourn of Baal, a place in Arabia ( 2 Chronicles 26:7 ) where there was probably a temple of Baal.
3695 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Hermon.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… called Baal-hermon ( Judges 3:3; 1 Chronicles 5:23 ) and Sion ( Deuteronomy 4:48 ). There is every probability that one of its three summits was the scene of the transfiguration …
3696 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Hinnom.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… and Baal. A particular part of the valley was called Tophet, or the “fire-stove,” where the children were burned. After the Exile, in order to show their abhorrence …
3697 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Idol.6 (Matthew G. Easton)
(5.) Bosheth, “shame;” “shameful thing” ( Jeremiah 11:13; Hosea 9:10 ); as characterizing the obscenity of the worship of Baal.
3698 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Idol.14 (Matthew G. Easton)
… of Baal ( 2 Kings 3:2; 2 Kings 10:27 ).
3699 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Idol.15 (Matthew G. Easton)
(14.) Hammanim, “sun-images.” Hamman is a synonym of Baal, the sun-god of the Phoenicians ( 2 Chronicles 34:4, 2 Chronicles 34:7; 2 Chronicles 14:3, 2 Chronicles 14:5; Isaiah 17:8 ).
3700 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Idol.16 (Matthew G. Easton)
… , as Baal, Astarte, etc.” In Ezekiel 8:12, “chambers of imagery” (maskith), are “chambers of which the walls are painted with the figures of idols;” comp. ver. Ezekiel 8:10 …