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[some Esh-ba'al] (Hebrew Esba'al, àֶùְׁáִּòִì , in pause àֶùְׁáָּòִì , man of Baal; Sept. Á᾿óáâÜë v.r. É᾿åâÜë and ÂáÜë , Vulg. Esbaal), the appropriate name of the fourth son of king Saul, according to the genealogy of 1Ch_8:33; 1Ch_9:39. He is doubtless the same person (see 1Sa_31:2, compared with 2Sa_2:8) as ISH-BOSHETH SEE ISH-BOSHETH (q..v.), since it was the practice to change the obnoxious name of Baal into Bosheth or Besheth, as in the case of Jerub-besheth for Jerub-baal, and (in this very genealogy) of Merib-baal for Mephi-bosheth: compare also Hos_9:10, where Bosheth (A.V. "shame") appears to be used as a synonym for Baal. SEE BAAL.