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Baal-berith
Covenant lord, the name of the god worshipped in Shechem after the death of Gideon (Judg 8:33; Judg 9:4). In 9:46 he is called simply “the god Berith.” The name denotes the god of the covenant into which the Israelites entered with the Canaanites, contrary to the command of Jehovah (Ex 34:12), when they began to fall away to the worship of idols.
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- Judges 8:33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.
- Judges 9:4 And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
