Bible Dictionaries
Esh-Baal

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("Baal's man".) Saul's youngest son (1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:39); Bosheth ("shame") being substituted for Baal through the believing Israelites' contempt of idols, Ishbosheth is its equivalent (Isaiah 44:9, etc.; Hosea 9:10),

Bibliography Information
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Esh-Baal'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​e/esh-baal.html. 1949.