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bel , bāl ( בּל , bēl ): Appellative name of a Babylonian god (compare BAAL ), in the Old Testament and Apocrypha identified with Marduk or Merodach, the tutelary deity of Babylon (compare Isaiah 46:1; Jeremiah 51:44; Baruch 6:41). See BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA , THE RELIGION OF .

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Bel'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​b/bel.html. 1915.
 
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