Baal-Peor
deity single tradition · 2
Baal-Peor is a deity connected to a place ancient sources connect to Charachmoba (today's al-Karak). The text references Numbers 25:3–9 in relation to Baal-Peor.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 1500 BCE
- Attested period
- -1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Referenced in the 6th-century Madaba Map.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Yahweh
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“a place ancient sources connect to Baal-Peor of Numbers 25:3–9, with "Betomarseas alias Maioumas" understood as "the house of Marzeah (Semitic name: Bēṯ Marzēaḥ) or Mayumas", where marzea(h) is seen as a Semitic idolatrous form of worship.”
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