BAAL-BERITH

BAAL-BERITH covenant Lord, the name of the God worshipped in Shechem after the death of Gideon (Judges 8=>33; 9=>4). In 9=>46 he is called simply “the God Berith.” The name denotes the God of the covenant into which the Israelites entered with the Canaanites, contrary to the command of Jehovah (Exodus 34=>12), when they began to fall away to the worship of idols.