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Baal Berith(berith)

בַּעַל בְּרִית/BAY-uhl beh-REETH/

“Lord of the covenant”

Summary

A Canaanite deity worshiped at Shechem, whose name means 'lord of the covenant.'

☩The Covenant God

Baal-berith ('covenant lord') was worshiped at Shechem by the Israelites after Gideon's death. His temple there contained a treasury from which Abimelech obtained silver to hire worthless men. He is also called simply Berith in a later reference.

Key verses:Judges 8:33Judges 9:4Judges 9:46

Related Verses3 mentions

Judges· 3 verses

8:339:49:46

References

  1. 1.George Morrish, "Baalberith," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).
  2. 2.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Baal-Berith," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).