OLD TESTAMENT

Hosea 2:17

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For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and they will no longer be mentioned by name.

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Verse 17. Baalim. It is the plural number of Baal; for there were divers idols of Baal. Challoner.—The Jews hence styled Esbaal, Isboseth; as boseth means “confusion.” 1 Chronicles 8:33.

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