BAAL-ZEBUB to BABES
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BAAL-ZEBUB
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. He was consulted by Ahaziah as to his recovery.
A god of the Philistines 2Ki 1:2, 3, 6, 16
BAAL-ZEPHON
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 identified with the modern Jebel Deraj or Kulalah, on the western shore of the Gulf of Suez.
Baal-zapuna of the Egyptians was a place of worship.
An Egyptian city on the Red Sea Ex 14:2, 9; Nu 33:7
BAANA
son of affliction. (1.) One of Solomon's purveyors (1 Kings 4:12).
(2.) Son of Hushai, another of Solomon's purveyors (1 Kings 4:16).
(3.) Father of Zadok (Neh. 3:4).
1. Son of Ahilud 1Ki 4:12
2. Father of Zadok Ne 3:4
BAANAH
son of affliction.
(1.) One of the two sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, a captain in Saul's army. He and his brother Rechab assassinated Ishbosheth (2 Sam. 4:2), and were on this account slain by David, and their mutilated bodies suspended over the pool at Hebron (5, 6, 12).
(2.) The father of Heled, who was one of David's thirty heroes (2 Sam. 23:29; 1 Chr. 11:30).
1. A captain of Ish-bosheth's army 2Sa 4:2, 5, 6, 9
2. Father of Heleb 2Sa 23:29; 1Ch 11:30
3. A chief Jew of the exfle Ezr 2:2; Ne 7:7; 10:27
4. The name is spelled BAANA (R. V.). Son of Hushai 1Ki 4:16
BAARA
bravery, the third king of the separate kingdom of Israel, and founder of its second dynasty (1 Kings 15; 16; 2 Chr. 16:1-6).
He was the son of Ahijah of the tribe of Issachar.
The city of Tirzah he made the capital of his kingdom, and there he was buried, after an eventful reign of twenty-four years (1 Kings 15:33).
On account of his idolatries his family was exterminated, according to the word of the prophet Jehu (1 Kings 16:3, 4, 10-13).
Wife of Shaharaim 1Ch 8:8
Called HODESH 1Ch 8:9
BAASEIAH
A Levite 1Ch 6:40
BAASHA
King of Israel 1Ki 15:16-22, 27-34; 16:1-7; 21:22; 2Ki 9:9; 2Ch 16:1-6; Jer 41:9
BABBLER
A sarcastic epithet applied to Paul Ac 17:18
BABEL
A city in the plain of Shinar. Tower built, and tongues confused at Ge 11:1-9
See BABYLON
BABE
used of children generally (Matt. 11:25; 21:16; Luke 10:21; Rom. 2:20).
It is used also of those who are weak in Christian faith and knowledge (1 Cor. 3:1; Heb. 5:13; 1 Pet. 2:2).
In Isa. 3:4 the word "babes" refers to a succession of weak and wicked princes who reigned over Judah from the death of Josiah downward to the destruction of Jerusalem.
In the mouths of, is praise perfected Mt 21:16
A symbol of the guileless Ps 8:2; Mt 11:25; Lk 10:21
A symbol of the children of the kingdom of heaven Mt 18:2-6; Mr 10:15; Lk 18:17
FIGURATIVE Of weak Christians Ro 2:20; 1Co 3:1; Heb 5:13; 1Pe 2:2 .
BABEL, TOWER OF
the name given to the tower which the primitive fathers of our race built in the land of Shinar after the Deluge (Gen. 11:1-9).
Their object in building this tower was probably that it might be seen as a rallying-point in the extensive plain of Shinar, to which they had emigrated from the uplands of Armenia, and so prevent their being scattered abroad. But God interposed and defeated their design by condounding their language, and hence the name Babel, meaning "confusion." In the Babylonian tablets there is an account of this event, and also of the creation and the deluge.
See CHALDEA
The Temple of Belus, which is supposed to occupy its site, is described by the Greek historian Herodotus as a temple of great extent and magnificence, erected by the Babylonians for their god Belus. The treasures Nebuchadnezzar brought from Jerusalem were laid up in this temple (2 Chr. 36:7).
The Birs Nimrud, at ancient Borsippa, about 7 miles south-west of Hillah, the modern town which occupies a part of the site of ancient Babylon, and 6 miles from the Euphrates, is an immense mass of broken and fire-blasted fragments, of about 2,300 feet in circumference, rising suddenly to the height of 235 feet above the desert-plain, and is with probability regarded as the ruins of the tower of Babel. This is "one of the most imposing ruins in the country." Others think it to be the ruins of the Temple of Belus.