{"query": "Easton: Baal-zebub", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_33acf48d1c8e", "title": "Easton: Baal-zebub", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Fly-lord, the god of the Philistines at Ekron (2 Kings 1:2, 3, 16). This name was given to the god because he was supposed to be able to avert the plague of flies which in that region was to be feared"}, {"id": "card_n_3061d3b08d1f", "title": "Easton: Baal", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Lord. (1.) The name appropriated to the principal male god of the Phoenicians. It is found in several places in the plural BAALIM (Judg. 2:11; 10:10; 1 Kings 18:18; Jer. 2:23; Hos. 2:17). Baal is iden"}, {"id": "card_c_d11deab0c4a2", "title": "Easton: Baal-hermon references Baal-gad", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Baal-gad (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_666517c738aa", "title": "Easton: Baal-hamon references Baal-gad", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Baal-gad (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_n_348ffb4b52e7", "title": "Easton: Fly", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Heb. zebub, (Eccl. 10:1; Isa. 7:18). This fly was so grievous a pest that the Phoenicians invoked against it the aid of their god Baal-zebub (q.v.). The prophet Isaiah (7:18) alludes to some poisonous"}, {"id": "card_n_6cf802af3e6a", "title": "Easton: Baal-gad", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Lord of fortune, or troop of Baal, a Canaanite city in the valley of Lebanon at the foot of Hermon, hence called Baal-hermon (Judge. 3:3; 1 Chr. 5:23), near the source of the Jordan (Josh. 13:5; 11:17"}, {"id": "card_c_36d26ae3a64b", "title": "Easton: Baal-zebub cites 2 Kings", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites 2 Kings 1:2 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_c0fd3a27c188", "title": "Easton: Baalbec references Baal-gad", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Baal-gad (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_9657e8d6a94e", "title": "Easton: Absalom references Baal-hazor", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Baal-hazor (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_48be59a55874", "title": "Easton: Gezer references Baal-perazim", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Baal-perazim (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_7ad0b407abd1", "title": "Easton: Baal-zebub references Ahaziah", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Ahaziah (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_1cffd0ba31e9", "title": "Easton: Baal-zebub references Philistines", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Philistines (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_n_24d4f53594fc", "title": "Easton: Baal-zephon", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Baal of the north, an Egyptian town on the shores of the Gulf of Suez (Ex. 14:2; Num. 33:7), over against which the children of Israel encamped before they crossed the Red Sea. It is probably to be id"}, {"id": "card_n_51ec7b898589", "title": "Easton: Eth-baal", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "With Baal, a king of Sidon (B.C. 940-908), father of Jezebel, who was the wife of Ahab (1 Kings 16:31). He is said to have been also a priest of Astarte, whose worship was closely allied to that of Ba"}, {"id": "card_n_285b8771d806", "title": "Easton: Ekron", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Firm-rooted, the most northerly of the five towns belonging to the lords of the Philistines, about 11 miles north of Gath. It was assigned to Judah (Josh. 13:3), and afterwards to Dan (19:43), but cam"}, {"id": "card_n_5e11a6984969", "title": "Easton: Baal-hermon", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Lord of Hermon. (1.) A city near Mount Hermon inhabited by the Ephraimites (1 Chr. 5:23). Probably identical with Baal-gad (Josh. 11:17). (2.) A mountain east of Lebanon (Judg. 3:3). Probably it may b"}, {"id": "card_n_7c2a0a52379d", "title": "Easton: Baal-tamar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Lord of palm trees, a place in the tribe of Benjamin near Gibeah of Saul (Judg. 20:33). It was one of the sanctuaries or groves of Baal. Probably the palm tree of Deborah (Judg. 4:5) is alluded to in "}, {"id": "card_n_d9cdef2f58a1", "title": "Easton: Baal-perazim", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Baal having rents, bursts, or destructions, the scene of a victory gained by David over the Philistines (2 Sam. 5:20; 1 Chr. 14:11). Called Mount Perazim (Isa. 28:21). It was near the valley of Rephai"}, {"id": "card_n_b3d9d4a61d4e", "title": "Easton: Baal-meon", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Lord of dwelling, a town of Reuben (Num. 32:38), called also Beth-meon (Jer. 48:23) and Beth-baal-meon (Josh. 13:17). It is supposed to have been the birth-place of Elisha. It is identified with the m"}, {"id": "card_n_e0ced34f1e04", "title": "Easton: Baal-peor", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Lord of the opening, a god of the Moabites (Num. 25:3; 31:16; Josh. 22:17), worshipped by obscene rites. So called from Mount Peor, where this worship was celebrated, the Baal of Peor. The Israelites "}]}