Baal-berith: Covenant lord, the name of the god worshipped in Shechem after the
death of Gideon
(Judges 8:33; 9:4) In
(Judges 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.
