(lord). (1) Baal, Bel, or Belus, supreme male god of Phoenicians and Canaanites, worshipped with self-torture and human offerings (Jer. 19:5). Even house-tops were temples (2 Kings 23:12, Jer. 32:29). Hebrews infected with the worship (Num. 22:41; 25:3-18; Deut. 4:16). Became the court religion (1 Kings 16:31-33. 18:19-28; 2 Kings 10:22; 17:16). Bel (Isa. 46:1). Baalim, plural form (Judg. 2:11; 10:10), and elsewhere. (2) A Reubenite (1 Chron. 5.5). (3) Grandson of Saul (1 Chron. 8:30; 9:36. (4) A town of Simeon; Bealoth and Baalath-beer (1 Chron. 4:33).