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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Berith (A male deity in the Old Testament)
Covenant. This Berith is a Canaanite god worshipped at Shechem, and the house of El-berith was his temple stronghold, where the people of Shechem took refuge from Abimelech.
Covenant. This Berith is a Canaanite god worshipped at Shechem, and the house of El-berith was his temple stronghold, where the people of Shechem took refuge from Abimelech.
Berith, meaning "covenant," is not a person but a Canaanite deity worshipped at Shechem; Judges 9:46 refers to "the house of El-berith," the god's temple stronghold where the citizens of Shechem took refuge before Abimelech burned it down. This deity appears to be the same one called Baal-berith earlier in the same narrative (Judges 8:33; 9:4).
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- Judges 9:46
