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3921 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jehu.15

… eradicate Baal-worship from Israel. His impetuosity was evinced in his furious driving ( 2 Kings 9:20 ). He was bold, daring, unscrupulous, and masterful and astute …

3922 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jeremiah (2).18

… of Baal-Molech in the valley of Hinnom (7:31; 19:5; 32:35), and the worship of "the queen of heaven" (7:18; 44:19). It is true that the reformation of Josiah swept away the worst …

3923 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jerubbaal.2

… , "let Baal contend"): The name given to Gideon by his father, Joash, and the people in recognition of his destruction of the altar of Baal at Ophrah ( Judges 6:32 ). For …

3924 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jerusalem, 4.27

… of Baal, and Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom was defiled. At length after a reign of 31 years ( 2 Kings 23:29 - 30 ), Josiah, in endeavoring to intercept Pharaoh-necoh …

3925 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jezebel.2

… served Baal and worshipped him," i.e. all the other sins were light as compared with the marriage with Jezebel and the serving of Baal (compare Micah 6:16 ). Is this …

3926 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jezebel.3

… of Baal ate at her table" (commentators regard the reference to "400 prophets of the Asherah" as an addition). In 1 Kings 19:1 Ahab tells Jezebel of the slaughter …

3927 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jezebel.7

… Phoenician Baal and Astarte with her into Hebrew life, and indirectly introduced it into Judah as well as into the Northern Kingdom. In judging her connection …

3928 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jezebel.8

… that Baal-worship was not unknown in Hebrew life (compare Judges 6:25 f), that Baal of Canaan had become incorporated with Yahweh of Sinai, and that there were …

3929 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jezreel.4

… of Baal was founded here, from which, probably, the men were drawn who figured in the memorable contest with Elijah on Carmel ( 2 Kings 10:11 ). "The tower in Jezreel …

3930 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Joash (1).3

… that Baal, if he was a god, should avenge himself (compare Elijah in 1 Kings 18:1 - 46 ).

3931 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Joel (2).27

… Canaanite Baals. The idea in its purer form is found in the "land Beulah," "married land" ( Isaiah 62:4 - 5 ). If it was this that was in Joel's mind, the mention of the priests …

3932 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jordan.3

… the Baal-gad of Joshua 11:17 and Joshua 12:7. Its altitude is 1,100 ft. above tide, and the stream falls about 600 ft. in the 5 miles of its course to the head of the …

3933 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Jotham.10

… Zidonian Baal, and that these "statutes" were kept by some of the citizens of Samaria, and, possibly, of Jerusalem ( Micah 6:16 ).

3934 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Judah, Kingdom of.65

… of Baal which Athaliah had built and supported was wrecked, the idols broken, and the priest killed. A fund was inaugurated for the repair of the national temple …

3935 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Judah, Kingdom of.73

… of Baal were set up in all the open spaces of Jerusalem, each representing some urban god ( Jeremiah 11:13 ). About the closing of the temple Isaiah would not be …

3936 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Kidron, the Brook.6

… for Baal, the Asherah and the host of heaven ( 2 Kings 23:4 ), and the two idolatrous altars of Manasseh ( 2 Kings 23:12 ). Josephus (Ant., IX, vii, 3) states that Athaliah was …