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3861 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Fly; Flies.2
… -zebhubh, "Baal-zebub" ( 2 Kings 1:2 ff), and beelzeboul, "Beelzebul," or beelzeboub, "Beelzebub" ( Matthew 10:25; 24, 27; Luke 11:15, 18 - 19 ); compare Arabic dhubab, "fly" or "bee"; (Note …
3862 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Forehead.3
… sign (Baal Lebanon Inscr; 11th century BC) or of a lying (St Andrew's) cross X (Moabite Inscr, 9th century BC), the simplest sign in the old Israelite alphabet, and …
3863 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Four.9
… of Baal "four hundred and fifty," of Asherah, "four hundred" ( 1 Kings 18:19, 22 ); the prophets of Israel ( 1 Kings 22:6 ). Four thousand represents a larger number, e.g. the …
3864 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gad (1).3
… in Baal-gad, Migdal-gad, etc. In the blessing of Jacob ( Genesis 49:19 ) there is a play upon the name, as if it meant "troop," or "marauding band." "Gad, a troop shall press upon …
3865 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gad (3).5
… , as Baal-gad, at the foot of Hermen ( Joshua 11:17; 12:7; 13:5 ); Migdal-gad, possibly Mejdel near Askalon ( Joshua 15:37 ); Gaddi and Gaddiel ( Numbers 13:10 f). In Talmudic literature …
3866 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Games.32
… of Baal round their altar on Carmel ( 1 Kings 18:26 ), and the dancing of David in front of the ark ( 2 Samuel 6:14, 16 parallel 1 Chronicles 15:29 ). There are general references …
3867 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gebal.3
… Zakkar-Baal, and kings of Gebal are mentioned in the Assyrian records, one paying tribute to Ashurnazir-pal (circa 887 BC) and another to Sennacherib (705-680 …
3868 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Geder.2
… of Baal-hanan, who had charge of David's olives and sycamores ( 1 Chronicles 27:28 ); unidentified.
3869 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Genealogy, 1-7.15
… between Baal and Yahweh worship by the proportion of the proper names compounded by "Baal" or "Jah" (see Macalister, Bible Sidelights from Gezer, 150 ff;PEF, 1905 …
3870 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Genealogy, 8 Part 1.150
… of Baal, "lord," as applied to Yahweh; in which case Baaliada, "Lord knows," was changed to Eliada, "God knows." 3:6 reads Elishama for Elishua. Japhia is also the name of …
3871 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Genealogy, 8 Part 1.152
… of Baal leading him to substitute the consonants of bosheth, "shame," as in Mephibosheth, Ishbosheth. Septuagint has Iesebada (Codex Vaticanus), Iessebadal …
3872 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Genealogy, 8 Part 1.171
20. Abi-albon the Arbathite. Chronicles, Abiel, perhaps corrupted from Abi-Baal; from Beth-arabah, Judah or Benjamin.
3873 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Genealogy, 8 Part 2.148
In this passage two exceptions to the usual treatment of Baal compounds. Ishbaal and Meribbaal here are Ishbosheth and Mephibosheth in S.
3874 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gezer.17
… of Baal and Ashteroth"--which was the great rival of the purer religion of Israel. This [Ba`al] temple, or bamoth, consisted of a row of 8 matstsebhoth or rude stone …
3875 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gibeon.7
… ) From Baal-perazim David was to make a circuit and fall upon the Philistines who were encamped in the plan of Rephaim West of Jerusalem. Perhaps, however, we …
3876 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gideon.4
… to Baal were common among the entire clan. Gideon seems to have held this worship in contempt, and to have pondered deeply the causes of Israel's reverses …
3877 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Gideon.7
… of Baal set up by his father at Ophrah, to build an altar to Yahweh at the same place and thereon to offer one of his father's bullocks as a sacrifice ( Judges 6 …
3878 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. God, 2.3
… , and Baal-worship attempting to set itself up within Israel. His prophets therefore assert the sole right of Yahweh to the worship of His people, and the great …
3879 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. God, 2.27
… . The Baal-worship of the Canaanites and the cults of other neighboring tribes proved a strong attraction to the mass of Israelites ( Judges 2:13; 3:7; 8:33; 10:10 …
3880 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. God, 2.28
… of Baal, side by side with that of Yahweh, as the national religion ( 1 Kings 18:19 ). Elijah's stand and Jehu's revolution gave its death blow to Baal-worship and …