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Reference: Baalberith
Morish
Ba'al-be'rith
The god signifying 'covenant lord' set up at Shechem. Jg 8:33; 9:4. He is called BERITH in Jg 9:46.
Ba'al-be'rith
The god signifying 'covenant lord' set up at Shechem. Jg 8:33; 9:4. He is called BERITH in Jg 9:46.
As soon as Gideon died, the people of Israel turned again and played the harlot after the Ba'als, and made Ba'al-be'rith their god.
And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Ba'al-be'rith with which Abim'elech hired worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him.