Baal-Berith

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bā-al-bē´rith (בּעל בּרית, ba‛al berīth = “Baal of the Covenant,” or "Covenant lord"):

An idol worshipped by the Shechemites after Gideon's death (Judges 8:33), as protector and guardian of engagements. His temple is also referred to in Judges 9:4. See Baal (1).

It is the name of the god worshipped in Shechem after the death of Gideon (Judges 8:33; Judges 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 YHWH (Exodus 34:12), when they began to fall away to the worship of idols.