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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(
god
of the
fly
). The form of
Baal
worshipped at
Ekron
(
2 Kings 1:16
16
And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. (2 Kings 1:16)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Name of
Baal
as the
god
of
Ekron
, signifying “
lord
of the
fly
.” Josephus says with reference to king
Ahaziah
sending to this god, “Now it happened that Ahaziah, as he was coming down from the top of his
house
, fell down from it, and in his sickness sent to the Fly, which was the god of Ekron, for that was this god’s name” (
Ant
. 9, 2, 1). It was regarded as a preserver from poisonous flies, and hence as a healer of
diseases
(
2 Kings 1:2-3, 6, 16
2
And 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, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
3
But 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 inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? (2 Kings 1:2‑3)
6
And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. (2 Kings 1:6)
16
And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. (2 Kings 1:16)
). In the
New
Testament
there is the similar name of
BEELZEBUB
to whom the
miracles
of the Lord in casting out demons were blasphemously attributed.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
1176
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
Ba`al
Phonic:
Zbuwb
Meaning:
from
1168
and
2070
; Baal of (the) Fly; Baal-Zebub, a special deity of the Ekronites
KJV Usage:
Baal-zebub
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
lord of the fly
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
God of wandering, or of flies:―a deity of the Ekronites, 2 Kings 1:2. {Dominus vagationis, vel muscarum}
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