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Baalzebub
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Worshipped at Ekron; consulted by Ahaziah as to his recovery, for which Jehovah by Elijah declared he should die (2 Kings 1:2-3; 2 Kings 1:16). "Lord of flies," i.e., averter of the plague of flies, which often caused such ravages. A seal found near Gaza by DeHass represents a human figure with four wings like those of a fly, in low relief, probably the god of Ekron. Beelzebul was the Jewish contemptuous term, by a slight alteration, for Beelzebub; i.e., "god of dung". (See BEELZEBUL.)
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Baalzebub'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/b/baalzebub.html. 1949.
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Baalzebub'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/b/baalzebub.html. 1949.
