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3901 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Images.30
… name Baal-hamman had long been common in Palestine before Joshua and the Israelites entered the country. These sun-images were probably obelisks or pillars …
3902 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ish-bosheth.2
… Merib-baal for similar reasons), than to find here a suggestion of Baal-worship, but seeHPN, 121, where the change is explained as a correction of the scribes …
3903 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Ishi (2).2
… the Baals.
3904 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, History Of, 1.87
… the Baals and the Astartes themselves, however little this could be united in principle with the service of Yahweh. But if the Israelites lost their unique …
3905 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, History Of, 3.10
… the Baal and the Astarte cult. As a first step she succeeded in having the king tolerate this religion. The leading temple in the new resident city, Samaria …
3906 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, History Of, 3.22
… of Baal, whom he had invited to their death in their sanctuary at Samaria. Deserved as this judgment upon the house of Jeroboam was ( 2 Kings 10:30 ), which Jehu, according …
3907 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, History Of, 3.49
… to Baal and Astarte. Even in the temple-house on Mt. Zion, an image of Astarte was standing. As a result of this ethnic cult, immorality and sensuality found their …
3908 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Kingdom of.28
… Tyrian Baal was worshipped, while side by side with it the worship of Yahweh was carried on as before. It seems as if the people had fallen back from the pure …
3909 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Kingdom of.30
… of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron), with the aid of Jehoshaphat and his vassal, the king of Edom, attempted to recover his rights, but in vain ( 2 Kings 3:1 - 27 ). It may have …
3910 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Kingdom of.32
… the Baal-worship altogether, and enforcing a return to the primitive faith and worship. Just as the Wahhabis went back to Mohammed's doctrine, as contained …
3911 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 1.64
… as Baal-tamar, Baal-hermon, and others. Such local spirits would then be the 'elohim, out of which would grow more mighty divinities of whole cities and countries …
3912 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 2.5
… local Baals, in whose honor harvest and autumn festivals were celebrated as thanksgiving for their having given the products of the earth, were in many places …
3913 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 2.19
… native Baal, and in crushing the opposition of the prophets who were faithful to Yahweh. It now became a question of life and death, so far as the religion of …
3914 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Israel, Religion Of, 2.21
… of Baal, who deported themselves after the manner of modern dervishes, we notice particularly the exalted and dignified conception of God in 1 Kings 18:1 …
3915 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jahaz.2
… Beth-baal-meon and Kedemoth ( Joshua 13:18 ), with Kedemoth ( Joshua 21:37 ) pointing to a position in the Southeast of the Amorite territory. It was given to Reuben …
3916 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jehoiada.8
… of Baal, and the death of Mattan, its priest ( 1 Kings 11:17 7,11Ki 8:1-66a). This 2nd narrative gives a religious significance to the revolt, but it is incomplete …
3917 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jehonadab.5
… of Baal-worship in Samaria. Jehu met him after slaying the son of Ahab ( 2 Kings 10:15 ); the second part of the verse should probably be translated "And he greeted …
3918 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jehoram; Joram.6
… of Baal in the land could be gathered into one temple of Baal ( 2 Kings 10:18 ff). Evidently Jehoram feared the people. Accordingly he posed as a reformer by putting …
3919 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jehu.8
… the Baal-worship introduced by Jezebel, though it is recorded of Jehoram that he had removed, at least temporarily, an obelisk of Baal which his father had …
3920 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jehu.10
… of Baal. A great festival was organized, to which all prophets, worshippers, and priests of Baal were invited from every part of Israel. Jehu himself took the …