Ba‘al
deity Punic single tradition · 2
The Ba‘al is a deity found in the Hebrew Bible, specifically in 1 Kings 16:31–10.26. His worship was prominently introduced to Israel by King Ahab and largely eradicated by King Jehu.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
Relationships
- co occurs with
- `Ashtart, Moloch-Osiris, Heracles, Liber, Moloch
- syncretized with
- Melqart
- allied with
- Kothar-wa-Khasis, Shapash
- sibling of
- ‘Anat
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Melqart was possibly the Ba‘al found in the Hebrew Bible, specifically in 1 Kings 16:31–10.26) whose worship was prominently introduced to Israel by King Ahab and largely eradicated by King Jehu.”
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“A "molkomor" (as in B) was a "substitute" sacrificial offering to Ba‘al of a lamb instead of a child. The word is a composite of molk or Moloch, traditionally the Punic god Ba‘al but more probably meaning "(human) sacrifice (of a child)", and ’MR (cf. Hebrew ’immēr), "lamb".”
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