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Ba'al Hermon

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In ancient Canaanite religion, Ba'al Hermon (translated to Lord (Ba'al) of Hermon, meaning consecrated place) was the titular local deity of Mount Hermon.[1][2][3] The mountain was inhabited by the Hivites.[4]

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  1. ^ Orr, James (1915). The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia - Volume 1. Howard-Severance Company. p. 347. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  2. ^ Karel van der Toorn; Bob Becking; Pieter Willem van der Horst (1999). Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. p. 145. ISBN 0802824919. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  3. ^ Fleming, William (1838). gazetteer of the Old and New Testaments: to which is added the natural history of the Bible. Edinburgh Printing and Publishing Company. p. 251. Retrieved August 25, 2015. Ba'al Hermon.
  4. ^ James Dixon Douglas; Merrill Chapin Tenney (2011). Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Zondervan. p. 151. ISBN 978-0310229834. Retrieved August 24, 2015.