Ba’al

  • Ba’al is associated with the storm and fertility god Hadad.
  • The Phoenician Ba’al is identified as El or Dagon. 
  • The Canaanite Ba’al supplanted El as the leader of the gods and patron of kingship.
  • Both Ba’al and El are associated with the bull in Ugaritic texts, which symbolizes strength and fertility. 

Ba’al is properly known as Belos, Belus, Ba’ali, or Bel.  In Canaanite history, Ba’al was the god of life and fertility.  Other cultures worshipped Ba’al as their god of rain, wind, lighting, seasons, and the god of sailors.  Ba’al means “owner,” “lord,” “possessor,” “controller,” or “master.” Ba’al wants to possess and control everything. In Semetic languages, Ba’al is used as a title to many gods.  Rabbi Jonathan Cahn speaks of Ba’al, Ashtoreth, and Molech as the Dark Trinity.  Historically, Ba’al requires the sacrifice of children from his worshipers, many times, the first-born male child.  This has caused historians to consider Ba’al and Moloch as the same character.  I agree, except I have found both of these characters during the deliverance of the same person, at the same time.  In the occurrence I’m speaking of, while dealing with Ba’al, I call Moloch, to which he – a separate entity – yells at me, “Don’t call my name!” The Kingdom of Darkness is a very convoluted thing.

Ba’al is used in Hebraic history; King Saul had a son named Ishbaal, a grandson named Meribbaal (1 Chron. 8:33), and Gideon was also (nick/re) named Jerubbaal by his father after destroying the altar of Ba’al in the city of Ophrah (Judges 6:32).  Cognates of Ba’al include the Akkadian Belu, Amharic Bal, and Aribic Ba’l.  Ba’al serves as a word for “husband” in modern Hebreic and Arabic languages and appears in some contexts concerning the ownership of things or possession of traits.  Interestingly, humans undergoing deliverance have to “divorce” this being and be broken from the ownership he claims through their sin.

In the Bible, Ba’al is also used as a title/identifier before other names; such as Ba’al Peor.  Judges 2:11 describes The Lord as being upset with the Israelites because they do evil by worshiping the Ba’als (plural).  Ba’al takes over the Canannite death god, Mot, by force, who is also known as Ba’al Rapi’uma and is regarded as the leader of the Rephaim – the ancestral spirits, particularly those of ruling dynasties (these lead to the modern 13 generational Satanic bloodlines which rule the world?).  Belphegor was the patron god of Moab (Ba’al Peor), along the shores of the eastern side of the Dead Sea, now the Jordan.    He was a phallic deity associated with sex, orgies, and all forms of debauchery.

Therefore, Ba’al is a powerful demonic entity, an identifier used before the names of cities to exclaim his ownership over them, as well as a title used before both human and supernatural entities. 

Physical Locations in the Bible:

  • Ba’al Zephon (Ex. 14:9)
  • Bamoth Ba’al (Num. 22:41)
  • Ba’al Peor (Num. 25:3)
  • Ba’al Meon (Num. 32:38)
  • Ba’al Gad (Joshua 12:7)
  • Baalah (Joshua 15:9)
  • Kiriath Ba’al (Joshua 15:60)
  • Baalath Beer (Joshua 19:8)
  • Ba’al Tamar (Judges 20:33)
  • Ba’al Shalisha (2 Kings 4:42)
  • Ba’al Hermon (1 Chron. 5:23)
  • Etc., etc., etc.

AKA’s and Intercultural Connections:

  • Bel
  • El
  • Ba’al Berith
  • Ba’al Zebub, the god of Ekron (Connection to Beelebub)