International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Baal (2)

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Baal (2)


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bā´al בּעל, ba‛al, “lord,” “master,” “possessor”):

(1) A descendant of Reuben, Jacob's first-born son, and the father of Beerah, prince of the Reubenites, “whom Tiglath-pileser (, ) king of Assyria carried away captive.”

(2) The fourth of ten sons of Jeiel (King James Version “Jehiel”), father and founder of Gibeon. His mother was Maacah; his brother Kish father of Saul ( f; , , ; compare f). These passages identify Jeiel and Abiel as the father of Kish and Thus of Baal. For study of confusions in the genealogical record, in , , see KISH; ABIEL; JEIEL.

(3) In composition often the name of a man and not of the heathen god, e.g. Baal-hanan, a king of Edom (; ); also a royal prefect of the same name (). Gesenius thinks that Baal in compound words rarely refers to the god by that name. See BAAL (deity).

(4) A city of the tribe of Simeon (). See BAALATH-BEER.