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Bible Studies: Essays on Phallic Worship and Other Curious Rites and Customs

Wheeler, J. M. (Joseph Mazzini), 1850-1898· 2 chapters· 34,585 words

* So Baaljadah [1 Chron. xiv. 7] is Eliada [2 Sam. v. 161.] In 1 Chron. xii. 6, we have the curious combination, Baaljah, i.e. Baal is Jah, as the name of one of David's heroes.

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1. xi. 5, "For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O

* So Baaljadah [1 Chron. xiv. 7] is Eliada [2 Sam. v. 161.] In 1 Chron. xii. 6, we have the curious combination, Baaljah, i.e. Baal is Jah, as the name of one of David's heroes.

2. xxiv. 7 these things are "ex nostra sensu obscoena, sed Orientalibus

These images are alluded to and prohibited in Deut. iv. 16. It is thus evident that some form of phallic worship lasted among the Jews-from the earliest times until their captiv...