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3981 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Phoenicia; Phoenicians.21

… the Baal and Astarte cult introduced by them into Israel through Ahab's marriage with Jezebel ( 1 Kings 16:31 - 33 ). This evil influence was felt even after the …

3982 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Phoenicia; Phoenicians.40

… Canaanitish Baal and Ashtoreth, or Astarte, led the Israelites astray and produced most disastrous results.

3983 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Phoenicia; Phoenicians.41

… is Baal, "lord" or "master"; Baal-samin, "lord of heaven"; Eliun, "supreme," etc. These terms imply either one God or one who is supreme among the gods and their ruler. But …

3984 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Phoenicia; Phoenicians.42

… place: Baal of Tyre or Baal-Tsur, Baal-Sidon, Baal-Tars (Tarsus), Baal-bek, etc. He was regarded as the god of the generative principle in Nature, and his statues were …

3985 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Phoenicia; Phoenicians.43

… as Baal was the solar deity, so she was often represented under the lunar aspect, Ashteroth-karnaim, "Ashteroth of the two horns" ( Genesis 14:5 ). Sometimes she is …

3986 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Phoenicia; Phoenicians.45

… as Baal, representing one aspect of that god, but later a separate deity, the patron god of Tyre whose head appears on many of its coins, as well as his symbol, the …

3987 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Phoenicia; Phoenicians.48

… punishing Baal by making him give his daughter to be a member of the Assyrian's harem. Baal himself was left on his throne. The same fate was the lot of the king …

3988 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Pi-hahiroth.4

… and Baal-zephon near the opposite eastern shore. This puts Pi-Hahiroth at some point along the old shore line of the Sea within 10 miles of the site of modern …

3989 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Plague.4

… at, Baal-peor ( Numbers 25:8, 9, 18; 26:1; 31:16; Joshua 22:17; Psalms 106:29 - 30 ). Here the disease was probably conveyed by the Moabites.

3990 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Prophecy; Prophets, 2.7

… of Baal ( 1 Kings 18:28 ). The deeds, suggestive of what the dervishes of our own day do, probably were phenomena quite similar to the action of the prophets of the …

3991 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Prophecy; Prophets, 2.8

… Tyrian Baal. He was entirely a man of action; every one of his words is a deed on a grand scale (compare concerning Elijah and Elisha the article ISRAEL ,RELIGION …

3992 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Rechab; Rechabites.4

… of Baal-worship and the house of Ahab. He set for his descendants a vow of asceticism: that they should drink no wine, nor plant fields or vineyards, nor build …

3993 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Red Sea.20

… , before Baal-zephon" ( Exodus 14:22; Numbers 33:5 - 7 ). At this change of course Pharaoh was delighted, seeing that the children of Israel were "entangled in the land …

3994 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Red Sea.21

… , before Baal-zephon." Now though Migdol originally meant "watch-tower," it is hardly supposable that this can be its meaning here, otherwise the children of Israel …

3995 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Rehoboam.13

… of Baal in Jerusalem long before they were common in Northern Israel, and that he permitted other heathen abominations and immoralities, it seems that the …

3996 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sacrifice, Human.3

… god Baal was, at least in the later period of the history, also associated with Molech in receiving this worship ( Jeremiah 19:5; 31:35 ).

3997 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Samaria, City of.6

… for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. And Ahab made the Asherah" ( 1 Kings 16:32 f). Jehoram his son put away the pillar of Baal ( 2 Kings 3:2 ), and within …

3998 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sanctification.21

… for Baal. And they proclaimed it"; compare Joel 1:14 ).

3999 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Semites, Semitic Religion.20

… his Baal and Astarte, we are not warranted at all in rushing to the conclusion that the Phoenicians represented a primitive Semitic type. Racial identification …