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BEL , originally one of the Bab. [Note: Babylonian.] triad, but synonym, in OT and Apocr. [Note: Apocrypha, Apocryphal.] with Merodach, ‘the younger Bel,’ the tutelary god of Babylon ( Jeremiah 50:2; Jeremiah 51:44 , Isaiah 46:1 , Bar 6:41 ). See also Baal, Assyria and Babylonia. ‘Bel and the Dragon’ (in art. Apocrypha, § 7).
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Bel'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/b/bel.html. 1909.
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Bel'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/b/bel.html. 1909.
