Bel and the Dragon / Marduk / Baal
Secondary Keywords | baal babylon god idol idol worship idolatry statue |
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Scriptures | 1 Kings 16:32 2 Chronicles 36:22-23 Isaiah 46:1 Jeremiah 32:35 Jeremiah 50:2 Jeremiah 51:44 Jeremiah 7:9 Judges 2:13 Numbers 22:41 |
1 Kings 1632 He erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria. 2 Chronicles 3622 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:23 “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you of all his people, may the LORD his God be with him. Let him go up.’” Isaiah 461 Bel bows down; Nebo stoops; their idols are on beasts and livestock; these things you carry are borne as burdens on weary beasts. Jeremiah 3235 They built the high places of Baal in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to offer up their sons and daughters to Molech, though I did not command them, nor did it enter into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. Jeremiah 502 “Declare among the nations and proclaim, set up a banner and proclaim, conceal it not, and say: ‘Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed. Her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.’ Jeremiah 5144 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and take out of his mouth what he has swallowed. The nations shall no longer flow to him; the wall of Babylon has fallen. Jeremiah 79 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, make offerings to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known, Judges 213 They abandoned the LORD and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth. Numbers 2241 And in the morning Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal, and from there he saw a fraction of the people. |