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4001 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Semites, Semitic Religion.30

… ; BABYLONIA; BAAL; ASHTORETH; ASHERITES; MOLOCH; CHEMOSH; CHIUN; ISRAEL, RELIGION OF etc. The literature on the subject is vast, interesting and far from conclusive …

4002 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Shalishah, Land of.2

… range. Baal-shalishah would most likely be in the district, and may indeed have given its name to it. If Conder is right in identifying this city with Khirbet …

4003 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Shame.2

… abomination--Baal ( Jeremiah 11:13 margin; Hosea 9:10 margin; see ISH-BOSHETH ). It is bracketed with defeat ( Isaiah 30:3 ), reproach ( Psalms 69:7; Isaiah 54:4; Micah 2:6 ), confusion …

4004 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sheba (1).8

… as Baal in the Old Testament. Worship took the form of gifts to the temples, of sacrifices, especially incense, of pilgrimages and prayers. Ceremonial ablution …

4005 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Shechem.3

… of Baal-berith being here ( Judges 9:4, 46 ). In the time of the kings we find that the city was once more a gathering-place of the nation. It was evidently the center …

4006 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Sheep.11

… in Baal-hazor in order that he might find an opportunity to put Amnon to death while his heart was "merry with wine" ( 2 Samuel 13:23 - 29 ). The character of the occasion …

4007 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Simeon (1).16

… of Baal-peor ( Numbers 25:14 ). The statistics in Numbers 1:22 f, where the Simeonites are given as 59,300, compared with the Numbers 2:1 1-34nd census ( Numbers 26:14 …

4008 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Syrians.16

… :11 ). Baal, or Bel, Ashtoreth, or Ishtar, were almost universally worshipped, and Nebu, Agli-bol, Melakh-bol, Ati and other deities are found in the Palmyrene inscriptions …

4009 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Tabernacle, B.51

… unto Baal and even working lewdness in Yahweh's house ( Jeremiah 11:1 - 15 ). It is urged in answer to this, that the offense complained of was not that the men of Judah …

4010 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Tarsus.16

… of Baal Tarz, the Lord of Tarsus; yet, these coins are clearly influenced by Greek types and workmanship.

4012 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Text of the Old Testament.82

… : the Baal Lebanon inscription found in Cyprus (beginning of the 9th century); the manuscript of about the year 896 of the ordinary chronology; a Hebrew agricultural …

4013 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Text of the Old Testament.116

… of Baal into bosheth ("shame"). At first there was no objection to compounding names with Baal meaning Yahweh ( Judges 6:32; 8:35 ). Then objection was taken to it ( Hosea …

4014 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Tyre.6

… Eth-baal, showing how disturbed the period was. Eth-baal, or Ithobal, was the king who made an alliance with Ahab and gave him Jezebel, his daughter, in marriage …

4015 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Tyre.7

… king, Baal, obtained the special favor of the Assyrian king, who made him ruler of all the coast cities from Dor to Gebal, and the Lebanon was placed under his …

4016 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Uzziah; (Azariah).4

… Gur-baal and Maan were reduced to subjection ( 2 Chronicles 26:6 - 7 ). Even the Ammonites, East of the Jordan, paid tribute to Uzziah, and "his name spread abroad even …

4017 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Wanderings of Israel.68

… Bamoth-Baal ( Numbers 22:41 ), "the monuments of Baal"), and Pisgah (Jebel Neba). Of these only the last is certainly known, but the central station at Nahaliel may be …

4018 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Woman.42

Baal-worship was introduced into Israel by Jezebel ( 1 Kings 16:31 - 32; 18:19; 2 Kings 9:22 ), and into Judah by her daughter Athaliah ( 2 Chronicles 22:3; 24:7 ). The prominence …

4019 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Worship.10

… ) of Baal." In Isaiah 19:21 the Revised Version (British and American) has "worship with sacrifice and oblation" (the King James Version "do sacrifice"). Isaiah 19:23 …

4020 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Zechariah (2).2

… of Baal in Israel, that his sons should sit on the throne of Israel to the 4th generation ( 2 Kings 10:30; 15:12 ). Zechariah was Jehu's great-great-grandson. The other …