Baalim in the Bible

Meaning: idols; masters; false gods

Exact Match

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.

Verse ConceptsForgettingBaal Worship, HistorySuccessServing AsherahGod's People Sinning

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.

Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, Historygideon

And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsBaal Worship, HistoryPolytheismServing AsherahGod's People Sinning

And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.

Verse ConceptsConviction, Not Leading To RepentanceSin, Nature OfWe Have Sinned

Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.

Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistoryGod Alone

And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsForsaking God, Illustrated ByBaal Worship, HistoryServing AsherahWe Have Sinned

And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentevil, believers' responses toRebukeForsaking God's ThingsFollowers Of BaalTroubling Groups Of People

And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Good Parental ExamplesImitating Good KingsGod With Specific People

For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.

Verse ConceptsTemples, HeathenSacrilege

For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.

Verse ConceptsSculptureImitating Wicked Kings

For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

Verse ConceptsBuilding Altars

And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

Verse ConceptsPeople Being Unclean

And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.

Verse ConceptsForgettingOrnamentsPast, TheRingsWearing Jewellery

For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.

Verse ConceptsLipsCessationStopping EvilNames Blotted Outlovers

As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistorySuperstitionGrowth Of EvilPeople Going AstrayIdolatryHow Not To WorshipOthers Summoning

Thematic Bible



“I will punish her for the days of the Baals
When she used to offer sacrifices to them
And adorn herself with her earrings and jewelry,
And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” declares the Lord.

So the sons of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth and served the Lord alone.

Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals,

“For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth,
So that they will be mentioned by their names no more.

The more they called them,
The more they went from them;
They kept sacrificing to the Baals
And burning incense to idols.


References

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