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  2. Baal - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew Bible includes use of the ... and still serving as a rare word for 'wife'. ... Noga (2013), "Baal, Son of Dagan: In Search of Baal's Double Paternity ...

  3. Asherah - Wikipedia

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    Cultic objects dedicated to Asherah frequently depict trees, and the terms asherim and asheroth, regularly invoked by the Hebrew Bible in the context of Asherah worship, are traditionally understood to refer to sacred trees called "Asherah poles". An especially common Asherah tree in visual art is the date palm, a reliable producer of nutrition ...

  4. Jezebel - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford Guide to People & Places of the Bible states that the name is "best understood as meaning 'Where is the Lord?'" ( Hebrew : אֵיזֶה בַּעַל , romanized : ʾēze baʿal ), a ritual cry from worship ceremonies in honor of Baal during periods of the year when the god was considered to be in the underworld . [ 12 ]

  5. Ish-bosheth - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew Bible recounts that Ish-bosheth's reign was marked by war with David's forces, as both factions vied for control and legitimacy. According to biblical accounts, he was killed by two of his own army captains, Baanah and Rechab , who believed that assassinating Ish-bosheth would earn them favour with David.

  6. Mephibosheth - Wikipedia

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    Illustration from the Morgan Bible of Mephibosheth kneeling before David.. Mephibosheth (Biblical Hebrew: מְפִיבֹשֶׁת, romanized: Məp̄īḇošeṯ, also called Meribaal, מְרִיב־בַּעַל ‎, Mərīḇ-Baʻal), or Miphibosheth, was the son of Jonathan—and, thus, a grandson of Saul—mentioned in the Biblical Books of Samuel [1] [2] and Chronicles.

  7. Baal Cycle - Wikipedia

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    Yam, the sea god and primary antagonist of Baal in the first two tablets of the Baal Cycle; Mot, the underworld god and primary antagonist of Baal in the last two tablets; Anat, sister and major ally to Baal; Athtar, god of the stars; El, the king of the gods, and his wife, Athirat the queen-god and mother of the pantheon. These characters have ...

  8. Bel (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    A god named Bel was the chief-god of Palmyra, Syria in pre-Hellenistic times, being worshipped alongside the gods Aglibol and Yarhibol. [3] Originally, he was known as Bol, [4] after the Northwestern Semitic word Ba'al [5] (usually used to refer to the god Hadad), until the cult of Bel-Marduk spread to Palmyra and by 213 BC, Bol was renamed to Bel. [4]

  9. Baal Berith - Wikipedia

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    According to Yehezkel Kaufmann, "Baal-berith and El-berith of Judges 9:4,46 is presumably YHWH", as "ba'al was an epithet of YHWH in earlier times". [ 4 ] Elsewhere, some of the Shechemites are called "men of Hamor"; [ 5 ] this is compared to "sons of Hamor", which in the ancient Middle East referred to people who had entered into a covenant ...