A dictionary of the . H (the strong), same as 2 : 23j 1 Kgs. 4 : 24; Jer. 25 : Gaza. AZZAN (very strong), a chief ofIssachar. Num. 34 : 26. AZZUR (helper), one who sealedthe covenant. Neh. 10:17. 87 BAA BAA B. BAAL, or BEL, ob BELUS {lord, or muster), different forms of thename of the supreme male divinity of thePhoenicians and Canaanites,as Ashtorethwas that of their supreme/ew^e Kgs. 18 : 21; Isa. 46:1; 1 Sam. 12: 10 ;1 Kgs. 11 : 33. That the divinities werederived from astrological fancies thereis little doubt, but it is a question withwhat pair of the h
A dictionary of the . H (the strong), same as 2 : 23j 1 Kgs. 4 : 24; Jer. 25 : Gaza. AZZAN (very strong), a chief ofIssachar. Num. 34 : 26. AZZUR (helper), one who sealedthe covenant. Neh. 10:17. 87 BAA BAA B. BAAL, or BEL, ob BELUS {lord, or muster), different forms of thename of the supreme male divinity of thePhoenicians and Canaanites,as Ashtorethwas that of their supreme/ew^e Kgs. 18 : 21; Isa. 46:1; 1 Sam. 12: 10 ;1 Kgs. 11 : 33. That the divinities werederived from astrological fancies thereis little doubt, but it is a question withwhat pair of the heavenly bodies we areto identify them. The common opinionis that they represent the sun and moonrespectively, while other scholars saythey are Jupiter and Venus. The li-cense sanctioned—indeed, demanded—by their worship may have given it at-tractiveness. At all events, it spreadamong the Jews, being introduced intoIsrael by Jezebel and by her daughterinto Judaea. Many and severe were thejudgments required to eradicate Baal side of an Altar from a temple in Kuna-wat (Canatha), east of the Jordan. The frequent use of the word Baal inthe plural form, Baalim, Jud. 2:11;10: 10 ; 1 Kgs. 18: 18 ; Jer. 9:14; :13, 17, proves probably that he wasworshipped under his different modifi-cations. Hence several compounds exist. 1. Baal-brrith (covenant ford), theform of Baal worshipped by the Shechem-ites after Gideons death. Jud. 8 : 33 ;9:4. 2. Baal-peor (lord of the opening,an allusion to the character of therites of worship), the form of Baal-wor-ship in Moab and Midian shared in by the Israelites. Num. 25 : 3, 5, 18 ; :3; Josh. 22:17; Ps. 106 : 28 ; :10. 3. Baal-zebub (lord of the fly), theform of Baal worshipped at Ekron. 2Kgs. 1:2, 3, 6, 16. Human victims were offered to 19 : 5. Elevated places were se-lected for his worship, and his priestsand prophets were very the tops of the houses weredevoted to this purpose. 2 Kgs. 23 :12
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