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Baal

Baal-berith or El-berith, meaning "Lord of the Covenant" or "God of the Covenant," was a Canaanite deity worshipped by the Israelites in Shechem during the time of the judges.

The name Baal means “master; lord”

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Summary

A male deity in the Old Testament; called Baal (בַּעַל); or Baal of Peor or Baal-peor or Peor (בַּ֫עַל פְּעוֹר); or Baal (Βάαλ).

Glossary entries

Baal (Idol) Baal-Peor Peor (Deity)

Alternative names

Mentions

Includes 1 verse that refer to Baal without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

  1. Numbers 25:3בַּ֫עַל פְּעוֹר · Peor
    So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.
  2. Numbers 25:5בַּ֫עַל פְּעוֹר · Peor
    So Moses told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”
  3. Deuteronomy 4:3בַּ֫עַל פְּעוֹר · Peor
    Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.
  4. Judges 2:11בַּעַל · Baal
    And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
  5. Judges 2:13בַּעַל · Baal
    …for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
  6. Judges 3:7בַּעַל · Baal
    So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
  7. Judges 6:25בַּעַל · Baal
    On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.
  8. Judges 6:28בַּעַל · Baal
    When the men of the city got up in the morning, there was Baal’s altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.
  9. Judges 6:30בַּעַל · Baal
    Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he has torn down Baal’s altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
  10. Judges 6:31בַּעַל · Baal
    But Joash said to all who stood against him, “Are you contending for Baal? Are you trying to save him? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If Baal is a god, let him contend for himself with the one who has torn down his altar.”
  11. Judges 6:32בַּעַל · Baal
    So on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend with him,” because he had torn down Baal’s altar.
  12. Judges 8:33בַּעַל · Baal
    And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
  13. Judges 10:6בַּעַל · Baal
    And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.
  14. Judges 10:10בַּעַל · Baal
    Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
  15. 1 Samuel 7:4בַּעַל · Baal
    So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.
  16. 1 Samuel 12:10בַּעַל · Baal
    Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’
  17. 1 Kings 16:31בַּעַל · Baal
    And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.
  18. 1 Kings 16:32בַּעַל · Baal
    First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.
  19. 1 Kings 18:18בַּעַל · Baal
    “I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
  20. 1 Kings 18:19בַּעַל · Baal
    Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
  21. 1 Kings 18:21בַּעַל · Baal
    Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.
  22. 1 Kings 18:22בַּעַל · Baal
    Then Elijah said to the people, “I am the only remaining prophet of the LORD, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.
  23. 1 Kings 18:25בַּעַל · Baal
    Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Since you are so numerous, choose for yourselves one bull and prepare it first. Then call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.”
  24. 1 Kings 18:26בַּעַל · Baal
    And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.
  25. 1 Kings 18:27Referred to, not named
    At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”
  26. 1 Kings 18:40בַּעַל · Baal
    Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.
  27. 1 Kings 19:18בַּעַל · Baal
    Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”
  28. 1 Kings 22:53בַּעַל · Baal
    Ahaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.
  29. 2 Kings 3:2בַּעַל · Baal
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as his father and mother had done. He removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.
  30. 2 Kings 10:18בַּעַל · Baal
    Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.
  31. 2 Kings 10:19בַּעַל · Baal
    Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.
  32. 2 Kings 10:20בַּעַל · Baal
    And Jehu commanded, “Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they announced it.
  33. 2 Kings 10:21בַּעַל · Baal
    Then Jehu sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; there was not a man who failed to show. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from end to end.
  34. 2 Kings 10:22בַּעַל · Baal
    And Jehu said to the keeper of the wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out garments for them.
  35. 2 Kings 10:23בַּעַל · Baal
    Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”
  36. 2 Kings 10:25בַּעַל · Baal
    When he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.
  37. 2 Kings 10:26בַּעַל · Baal
    They brought out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.
  38. 2 Kings 10:27בַּעַל · Baal
    They also demolished the sacred pillar of Baal. Then they tore down the temple of Baal and made it into a latrine, which it is to this day.
  39. 2 Kings 10:28בַּעַל · Baal
    Thus Jehu eradicated Baal from Israel,
  40. 2 Kings 11:18בַּעַל · Baal
    So all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. And Jehoiada the priest posted guards for the house of the LORD.
  41. 2 Kings 17:16בַּעַל · Baal
    They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
  42. 2 Kings 21:3בַּעַל · Baal
    For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
  43. 2 Kings 23:4בַּעַל · Baal
    Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
  44. 2 Kings 23:5בַּעַל · Baal
    Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.
  45. 2 Chronicles 17:3בַּעַל · Baal
    Now the LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the earlier ways of his father David. He did not seek the Baals,
  46. 2 Chronicles 23:17בַּעַל · Baal
    So all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.
  47. 2 Chronicles 24:7בַּעַל · Baal
    For the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God and had even used the sacred objects of the house of the LORD for the Baals.
  48. 2 Chronicles 28:2בַּעַל · Baal
    Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.
  49. 2 Chronicles 33:3בַּעַל · Baal
    For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
  50. 2 Chronicles 34:4בַּעַל · Baal
    Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
  51. Psalm 106:28בַּ֫עַל פְּעוֹר · Peor
    They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.
  52. Jeremiah 2:8בַּעַל · Baal
    The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.
  53. Jeremiah 2:23בַּעַל · Baal
    “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,
  54. Jeremiah 7:9בַּעַל · Baal
    Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
  55. Jeremiah 9:14בַּעַל · Baal
    Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”
  56. Jeremiah 11:13בַּעַל · Baal
    Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’
  57. Jeremiah 11:17בַּעַל · Baal
    The LORD of Hosts, who planted you, has decreed disaster against you on account of the evil that the house of Israel and the house of Judah have brought upon themselves, provoking Me to anger by burning incense to Baal.”
  58. Jeremiah 12:16בַּעַל · Baal
    And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people.
  59. Jeremiah 19:5בַּעַל · Baal
    They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.
  60. Jeremiah 23:13בַּעַל · Baal
    “Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.
  61. Jeremiah 23:27בַּעַל · Baal
    They suppose the dreams that they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through the worship of Baal.
  62. Jeremiah 32:29בַּעַל · Baal
    And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.
  63. Jeremiah 32:35בַּעַל · Baal
    They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.
  64. Hosea 2:8בַּעַל · Baal
    For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.
  65. Hosea 2:13בַּעַל · Baal
    I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.
  66. Hosea 2:17בַּעַל · Baal
    For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.
  67. Hosea 9:10בַּ֫עַל פְּעוֹר · Peor
    I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the firstfruits of the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal-peor, and consecrated themselves to Shame; so they became as detestable as the thing they loved.
  68. Hosea 11:2בַּעַל · Baal
    But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.
  69. Hosea 13:1בַּעַל · Baal
    When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.
  70. Zephaniah 1:4בַּעַל · Baal
    “I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests—
  71. Romans 11:4Βάαλ · Baal
    And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”