Pagan Dieties Index
Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save.
INTRODUCTION:
The purpose of this page is to give me a place to collect notes on the various pagan dieties referenced in the Scriptures.
A
Adrammelech/Adrammelek
Adrammelech/Adrammelek - (H152) - from ''adar' (142) and 'melek' (4428); splendor of (the) king; Adrammelek, the name of an Assyrian idol, also of a son of Sennacherib:--Adrammelech.; (142) - a primitive root; to expand, i.e. be great or (figuratively) magnificent:--(become) glorious, honourable.; (4428) - from 'malak' (4427); a king:--king, royal.
Anammelech/Anammelek
Anammelech/Anammelek - (H6048) - of foreign origin; Anammelek, an Assyrian deity:--Anammelech.
Asherah/Asherim
Ashima/Ashima - (H807) - of foreign origin; Ashima, a deity of Hamath:--Ashima.
Ashtaroth/Ashtaroth - (6252) - or bAshtaroth {ash-taw-roth'}; plural of '`ashtrah' (6251); Ashtaroth, the name of a Sidonian deity, and of a place East of the Jordan:--Asharoth, Astaroth. See also 'Beyth `Ashtarowth' (1045), '`Ashtoreth' (6253), '`Ashtroth Qarnayim' (6255).; (6251) - probably from '`ashar' (6238); increase:--flock.
Ashima/Ashima - (H807) - of foreign origin; Ashima, a deity of Hamath:--Ashima.
Ashtaroth/Ashtaroth - (6252) - or bAshtaroth {ash-taw-roth'}; plural of '`ashtrah' (6251); Ashtaroth, the name of a Sidonian deity, and of a place East of the Jordan:--Asharoth, Astaroth. See also 'Beyth `Ashtarowth' (1045), '`Ashtoreth' (6253), '`Ashtroth Qarnayim' (6255).; (6251) - probably from '`ashar' (6238); increase:--flock.
Scripture References:
13But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:(KJV)
groves should be Ashtaroth
5But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.(KJV)
groves should be Ashtaroth
'13And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.' (KJV)
Baal and Ashtaroth
7And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.(KJV)
groves should be Ashtaroth
25And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:(KJV)
groves should be Ashtaroth
6And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim , and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.(KJV)
3And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. (KJV)
4Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.(KJV)
10And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.(KJV)
The also hung Saul's head in the temple of Dagon.
'5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.' (KJV)
Ashtoreth - The goddess of the Zidonians.
Milcom - the abomination of the Ammonites.
33Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.(KJV)
Ashtoreth - The goddess of the Zidonians.
Chemosh - The god of the Moabites
Milcom - the god of the children of Ammon.
19Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.(KJV)
10And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: (KJV)
13And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.(KJV)
Chemosh - the abominaton of the Moabites.
Milcom - the abomination of the children of Ammon
14And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. (KJV)
- Asherah (WWW.WIKIPEDIA.ORG)
- Ackerman, Susan. "Asherah/Asherim: Bible." Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. 1 March 2009. Jewish Women's Archive. (WWW.JWA.ORG)
- The Pre-biblical Origins of the Baals and the Asherim as Egyptian Pillar Gods and Goddesses Fused to Semitic Deities in Late Bronze Age Times (1560-1200 BCE) (WWW.BIBLEORIGINS.NET)
- Asherah (WWW.DICTIONARY.COM)
GROVES [H842 > H833] AND ASHERIM:
"The King James Version consistently translates the Hebrew term אשרה as "grove" and the plural as "groves" (Ex 34.14; Deut 7.5, 12.3; Judg 3.7; 1Kings 14.15, 14.23, 18.19; 2Kings 17.10, 18.4, 23.14; 2Chron 17.6, 19.3, 24.18, 31.1, 33.3, 33.19, 34.3-4, 34.7; Is 17.8, 27.9; Jer 17.2, Mic 5.14). For instance, in 2 Chron 34.3 it reads, "in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images."
This raises the question: why would Josiah purge the 'groves' from Judah and Jerusalem and why are 'groves' listed among worship places of ANY gods and idols?
Theologians and Biblical scholars made their best guesses for centuries. Then, in 1929, excavations started when Ugarit was rediscovered and many ancient Northwest Semitic texts were uncovered. It was then discovered that אשרה should not be translated as 'groves' but as 'Asherah,' which was the Hebrew term used to refer to 'Aṯirat, the mother goddess in Ugaritic and other NW Semitic literature (most notably Akkadian: Ashratum and Hittite: Aserdu(s)).
The implications of this discovery were far reaching, not only for translating אשרה, but also for understanding the type of religious text the OT actually is. One of the implications is that modern versions of the Bible now translate אשרה not as 'groves' but as 'Asherah' or 'Asherim,' noting the impact that these Ugaritic texts have not only on our understanding of the OT as a text, but also how to translate certain words that were near meaningless until this discovery.
Why is this interesting? Well, a number of reasons, but I'll cut to the chase of what I'm getting at.
The discovery of these Ugaritic texts made a determinative contribution to our interpretation of the Bible. Pastors, theologians, and scholars today do not understand אשרה as meaning 'grove,' but as meaning 'Asherah.' And they didn't get to that point by "letting Scripture interpret Scripture" or by focusing on the "essential" divinity of Scripture. They got to that point by the determinative use of extra-biblical sources for interpreting Scripture.
The first time אשרה is mentioned in Scripture (Ex 34.14), the Reformation Study Bible has this in the footnotes:
Asherim. These were the cultic objects that represented the Canaanite goddess of fertility (Asherah), sacred trees or poles that stood beside Baal altars (cf. Judg. 6:25). Israel must not be compromised by adopting the pagan practices of peoples in the land (145).
Clearly the Reformation Study Bible has, according to recent developments in the Reformed faith, stepped well outside of the Westminster Standards by making extra-biblical literature determinative in interpreting the Bible. It is clearly not following the principle of "Scripture interpreting Scripture."
But that doesn't come up when pastors or authors of Reformed study Bibles mention Asherah, does it? You don't hear the argument, "God wouldn't have let centuries of believers not understand his word only to have modern biblical scholarship find the true meaning!" You don't hear the argument, "We should only let Scripture interpret Scripture in order to be faithful to the Confession."
You only find acceptance in Reformed study Bibles, from Reformed pulpits, and from Reformed scholars as if this one time they get a pass from using the 'Scripture interprets Scripture' rule…but no one else does when the issue arises in other areas.
I find that very interesting."
GROVES [H842 > H833]
(H842) - 'asherah (ash-ay-raw') -----> or masheyrah {ash-ay-raw'}; from ''ashar' (833); happy; Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same:-- grove. Compare '`Ashtoreth' (6253).
(H833) - 'ashar (aw-shar') -----> or rasher {aw-share'}; a primitive root; to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper:--(call, be) bless(-ed, happy), go, guide, lead, relieve.
B
Baal/Baal/Ba'al
Baal/Ba'al - master, possessor; a Phoenician deity, (H1168) - (plural) Baalim; plural of 'bamah' (1116); heights; or (fully) Bamowth Bahal {baw-moth' bah'-al}; from the same and 'Ba`al' (1168); heights of Baal; Bamoth or Bamoth-Baal, a place East of the Jordan:
Scripture References:
11And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim(KJV)
12And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.(KJV)
13And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.(KJV)
7And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.(KJV)
Gideon takes down the altar of Baal and Asterah. The men of the city come to Gideon's dad, Joash, demanding Gideon's death and his father tells them to have Baal do something about it since it was his altar.
33And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.(KJV)
46And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith.(KJV)
6And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim , and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.(KJV)
10And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.(KJV)
10And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.(KJV)
33Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.(KJV)
31And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
32And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
33And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. (KJV)
18And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
19Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table. (KJV)
21And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
22Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men. (KJV)
25And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
26And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. (KJV)
40And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. (KJV)
18Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. (KJV)
53For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done. (KJV)
2And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made.(KJV)
18And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.
19Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
20And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.
21And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.
22And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.
23And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only.
24And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.
25And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.
26And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
27And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
28Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. (KJV)
18And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. (KJV)
13For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal. (KJV)
'13And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.' (KJV)
35And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.(KJV)
Ba'al
3And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; (KJV)
Baalim ~ Ba'al
16And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD's people.
17Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. (KJV)
After Jehoiada made covenant with YHWH and the people, the people destroyed the temple of Baal and killed Mattan the priest of Baal.
4But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.(KJV)
Baalpeor/Baal of Peor/Ba'al Pe'or
"Baal Peor is a Moabite god, which service included sexual acts. Numb 25 reports that Israel joined in the worship of Baal Peor, which results in a mass execution of 24,000."
"The name Baal Peor consists of two parts: Firstly the word Baal meaning owner, husband. The second segment is the name of a mountain in Moab: Peor. This name comes from (pa'ar 1794) meaning open wide. The occurrences of the verb indicate adjunction with strong passion or feeling, usually not very positive (Job 16:10, Isa 5:14), and describe the wide opening of the mouth, hence alluding to other body cavities."
"Hosea remarks on the Baal Peor event in Hos 9:10, and it is clear that the Israelites defiled themselves there with abundant fornication and sexual perversion. All leading translators steer timidly clear from this name, which basically comes down to Lord Spread'em, or Lord Hole."
Scripture References:
10I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.(KJV)
- Beth-baal-peor (WWW.BIBLEATLAS.ORG) (2010/0416)
- Baal-peor - Meaning, origin and etymology of the name (WWW.ABARIM-PUBLICATIONS.COM) (2010/0416)
- Baal-peor (WWW.JEWISHENCYCLOPEDIA.COM) (2010/0416)
Bel/Bĕl - (H1078) - by contraction for 'Ba`al' (1168); Bel, the Baal of the Babylonians:-- Bel.; (1168) - the same as 'ba`al' (1167); Baal, a Phoenician deity:--Baal, (plural) Baalim.; (H1167) - from 'ba`al' (1166); a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense):--+ archer, + babbler, + bird, captain, chief man, + confederate, + have to do, + dreamer, those to whom it is due, + furious, those that are given to it, great, + hairy, he that hath it, have, + horseman, husband, lord, man, + married, master, person, + sworn, they of.; (H1166) - a primitive root; to be master; hence, (as denominative from 'ba`al' (1167)) to marry:--have dominion (over), be husband, marry(-ried, X wife).
Jeremiah 50 reference to Bel.Baalzebub
Baalzebub - (H1176) - from (H1168) and (H2027) Baal of (the) Fly; Baal-Zebub, a special deity of the Ekronites.
2And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease. (KJV)
3But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? (KJV)
16And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. (KJV)
C
Chemosh
- Judges 13:5
- Chemosh (WWW.WIKIPEDIA.ORG)
24Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.(KJV)
7Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.(KJV)
Molech - the abomination of the children of Ammon.
33Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.(KJV)
13And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.(KJV)
Chemosh - the abominaton of the Moabites.
Milcom - the abomination of the children of Ammon
Chiun
D
DAGON:
Babylonian fish god.
1And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
2When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
3And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
4And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
5Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
7And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
23Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
10And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
The Philistines desecrated Saul's body.
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F
G
Groves: See Asherah
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I
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M
Merodach/Merodak
Merodach/Merodak - (H4781) - of foreign derivation; Merodak, a Babylonian idol:--Merodach. Compare 'Mro'dak Bal'adan' (4757).
- Jeremiah 50
- Marduk (WWW.WIKIPEDIA.ORG)
- Merodach (WWW.KINGJAMESBIBLEONLINE.ORG)
- Merodach-Baladan II (WWW.BRITANNICA.COM)
Micah
Milkom
- Milkom (WWW.PANTHEON.ORG)
33Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.(KJV)
13And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.(KJV)
Chemosh - the abominaton of the Moabites.
Milcom - the abomination of the children of Ammon
Mithra
Mitra -(Proto-Indo-Iranian, nominative *Mitras) was an important Indo-Iranian divinity. Following the prehistoric cultural split of Indo-Aryan and Iranian cultures, names descended from *mitra were used for the following religious entities:
Mitra (WWW.WIKIPEDIA.ORG)APRIL 2023
https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-600-old-temple-mysterious-140400538.html
Modern Idolatry
The Awakening
Molek/Molech/Malcham
2Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
3And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
4And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:
5Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. (KJV)
21And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. (KJV)
7Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.(KJV)
35And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.(KJV)
Ba'al
26But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.(KJV)
Star symbolism
- 2Kings 23:10 Molech
- Zephaniah 1:5 Malcham
- Moloch (WWW.WIKIPEDIA.ORG)
- Malcham (WWW.STUDYLIGHT.ORG)
- Moloch / Molech / Milcom / Malcham (WWW.CHRISTIANANSWERS.NET)
N
Nehushtan
Nehushtan - (H5180) - from (5178); something mode of copper; i.e. the copper serpent of the Desert..
Nergal
Nergal - (H5370) - of foreign origin; Nergal, a Cuthite deity:--Nergal.
Nibhaz/Nibhaz
Nibhaz/Nibhaz - (H5026) - of foreign origin; Nibchaz, a deity of the Avites:--Nibhaz.
Nebo/Nebo
Nebo/Nebo - height; (H5015) - probably of foreign derivation; Nebo, the name of a Babylonian deity, also of a mountain in Moab, and of a place in Palestine:--Nebo.
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Pagan Practices
8They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. (KJV)
28Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. (KJV)
Passing Children Through Fire:
31Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. (KJV)
10There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. (KJV)
3But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. (KJV)
17And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. (KJV)
31And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. (KJV)
26And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD. (KJV)
37That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them. (KJV)
3Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. (KJV)
Parents Killing Their Children:
5Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? (KJV)
20Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, (KJV)
37Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
38And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. (KJV)
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Tartak/Tartaq - (H8662) - of foreign derivation; Tartak, a deity of the Avvites:--Tartak.
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REFERENCE LINKS:
- Mark of the Beast and Paganism (WWW.MARKBEAST.ORG)
- The Idols Of America (WWW.AOREPORT.COM)