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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.
And it came to pass that, as soon as Gideon was dead, the sons of Israel turned back, and went unchastely astray after the Baals, - and appointed them Baal-berith, to be god:
So they gave him seventy pieces of silver, out of the house of Baal-berith, - and Abimelech hired therewith, loose and unstable men, and they followed him.