BAAL (Canaanite God)

(See also Baal-berith; Baal of Peor; Baal-zebub)

archaeological finds: it-1 230, 739, 948; w09 11/1 15; w03 7/15 27; w89 3/15 25

Ras Shamra (Ugarit) texts: it-1 228, 230, 976-977; w03 7/15 25-27; si 47

Baal-Hadad: w03 7/15 26

Baal of Tyre: it-1 230

discussion: it-1 228-231, 976-977; w03 7/15 26-27

Elijah exposes: mwb22.09 9; it-1 420, 711, 949-950; it-2 191; lfb 112-113; ia 84-88, 90-91; w08 1/1 18-21; w05 12/15 25-27; w98 1/1 30-31; w97 9/15 11-12; si 67

father of Baal: it-1 976-977; w03 7/15 25

identified: nwt 1694; w99 4/1 28-29

in other names:

replacement by “bosheth”: it-1 1224; w17.03 32

Samaria potsherds: it-1 153; w07 11/15 13; w90 11/1 16-17

Jehu eradicates worship: it-1 717; it-2 23-24; w11 11/15 5; w05 12/15 27-29; w98 1/1 17

Jezebel promotes: it-2 75; w92 4/1 16-17

local Baals: it-1 229; it-2 835

mother of Baal: it-2 835

priests: it-2 689

‘limp around altar’ (1Ki 18:26): it-1 575; it-2 191

rain god: it-1 230; it-2 729

wives: it-1 977

Anat(h): it-1 104; w03 7/15 26

Asherah possibly: it-2 835

Ashtoreth: it-1 193; si 47

worship: it-1 228-229; ia 85; w08 1/1 18; w99 4/1 28-31; w96 7/1 3; si 47, 50, 67

bestiality: w03 7/15 27

child sacrifice: g89 1/22 4-5

Israel infected: w19.06 3-4; it-1 59, 229-231, 1170; it-2 75, 835-836; w08 2/15 26-27; w05 12/15 24-29; w99 4/1 28-30; w96 7/1 3-4; w90 11/1 16-17; si 67-68, 143

modern counterparts: ia 85-86; w08 1/1 19; si 50

ritual laceration: w03 7/15 27

“sanctify a solemn assembly” (2Ki 10:20): w89 3/15 25

sex worship: it-1 228-229; w09 11/1 15; w99 4/1 29-30; g89 1/22 4