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Israel Returns to Baal Worship

33 After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal Berith[a] their god.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 8:33 sn Baal Berith was a local manifestation of the Canaanite storm god. The name means, ironically, “Baal of the covenant.” Israel’s covenant allegiance had indeed shifted.

33 No sooner had Gideon died than the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals.(A) They set up Baal-Berith(B) as their god(C)

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