¹ tn Heb “destroyed Baal.”

⁵ tn Heb “by Baal.”

⁴ tn Heb “by Baal.”

¹ sn The name Bamoth Baal means “the high places of Baal.”

⁴ tn Heb “the remnant of Baal.”

² tn Cf. Baal-meon in v. 38.

² tn Heb “Do you fight for Baal?”

³ tn Or “followed the Baal of Peor” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV), referring to the pagan god Baal.

⁷ tn Heb “for Baal” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); cf. TEV “in the worship of Baal.”

¹ sn They worshiped Baal of Peor. See Num 25:3, 5. Baal of Peor was a local manifestation of the Canaanite deity Baal located at Peor.

¹ sn The Canaanites worshiped Baal as a storm and fertility god.

¹ tn Heb “he served Baal and bowed down to him.”

² sn The name Baal Perazim means “Lord of outbursts” in Hebrew.

² tn Heb “taught my people to swear by Baal.”

¹ tn Heb “He called him on that day Jerub-Baal.” The name means, at least by popular etymology, “Let Baal fight!”

¹ sn Baal-Berith was a local manifestation of the Canaanite storm god. The name means, ironically, “Baal of the covenant.” Israel’s covenant allegiance had indeed shifted.

¹ tn Heb “and he went and served Baal and bowed down to him.”

¹ tn Heb “and the house of Baal was filled mouth to mouth.”

⁴ tn Heb “through Baal.” This is an elliptical expression for the worship of Baal. See 11:17; 12:16; 19:5 for other references to their relation to Baal. There is a deliberate paralleling in the syntax here between “through their dreams” and “through Baal.”

¹ sn Beth Peor. This is probably the spot near Pisgah where Balaam attempted to curse the nation Israel (Num 23:28). The Moabites also worshiped Baal there by the name “Baal [of] Peor” (Num 25:1-5).