Bible Dictionary
Baal
Baal was the chief male deity of the Phoenicians and Canaanites. Israelites repeatedly fell into his idolatrous worship, which was condemned by the Lord; the name was also used for a Benjamite and a place.
Biblical Usage
Israel repeatedly fell into Baal worship, including the worship of Baal-peor. Baal became especially prominent in the northern kingdom during Ahab’s reign, and the worship also appeared in Judah. The prophets and reforming kings opposed it, and the worship was finally ended among the people through the discipline of the captivity.
Scripture References
Judges 2:11
Judges 10:10
1 Kings 18:18
Jeremiah 2:23
Hosea 2:17
Jeremiah 19:5
Numbers 25:3
Deuteronomy 4:3
1 Samuel 7:4
1 Kings 16:31-33
1 Kings 18:19
1 Kings 18:22
2 Kings 8:27
2 Chronicles 28:2
Zephaniah 1:4-6
2 Kings 10:19
1 Kings 18:25-29
1 Chronicles 8:30
1 Chronicles 9:36
1 Chronicles 4:33
Joshua 19:8
Joshua 15:9
Joshua 15:10
1 Chronicles 13:6
Joshua 15:29
Joshua 19:3
1 Chronicles 4:29
Joshua 19:44
Joshua 11:17
Joshua 12:7
Joshua 13:5
2 Samuel 13:23
Judges 3:3
1 Chronicles 5:23
Numbers 32:38
1 Chronicles 5:8
Ezekiel 25:9
2 Samuel 5:20
1 Chronicles 14:11
Isaiah 28:21
2 Kings 4:42
2 Kings 4:38
Judges 20:33
Judges 4:5
Numbers 33:7
Ezekiel 14:2
Ezekiel 14:9
Numbers 22:41
Numbers 25:3-18
Numbers 4:3
2 Kings 17:16
1 Kings 16:32
1 Kings 18:26-28
2 Kings 10:22
Isaiah 46:1
Judges 8:33
Judges 9:4
2 Kings 1:2
2 Kings 1:3
2 Kings 1:16
Genesis 36:38
Genesis 36:39
1 Chronicles 1:49
1 Chronicles 1:50
1 Chronicles 27:28
Numbers 25
1 Chronicles 5:5