Pagan Deities in the Old Testament
Deity | Worshiped in | References |
Adrammelech | Sepharvaim | |
Amon | Egypt | |
Anammelech | Sepharvaim | |
Apis | Egypt | |
Asherah | Canaan | Deut 7:5; 16:21; Judg 6:25–30; 1 Kgs 15:13; 16:33; 18:19; 2 Kgs 13:6; 17:16; 18:4; 21:3, 7; 23:4–15; 2 Chr 15:16, etc. |
Ashima | Hamath | |
Ashtoreth/Astarte/Ishtar/“Queen of Heaven” | Assyria, Babylon, Canaan, Egypt, Phoenicia | Judg 2:13; 10:6; 1 Sam 7:3–4; 12:10; 31:10; 1 Kgs 11:5, 33; 2 Kgs 11:5; Jer 7:18; 44:17–19, 25 |
Baal | Canaan | Num 22:41; 25:3; Judg 2:11; 6:25–32; 1 Sam 7:4; 12:10; 1 Kgs 16:31–32; 18:25–26; 2 Kgs 3:2; 10:26–28; 2 Chr 17:3; 23:17; Jer 2:8; 7:9; 19:5; Hos 2:8, 13; 11:2; Zeph 1:4, etc. |
Baal-zebub | Philistia | |
Bel/Marduk | Babylon | |
Chemosh | Moab | Num 21:29; Judg 11:24; 1 Kgs 11:7, 33; 2 Kgs 23:13; Jer 48:7, 13, 46 |
Dagon | Philistia | |
Kaiwan | Babylon | |
Milcom | Ammon | 1 Kgs 11:5, 33; 2 Kgs 23:13; Jer 49:1, 3; Zeph 1:5 |
Molech | Ammon | |
Nebo | Babylon | |
Nergal | Cuth | |
Nibhaz | Ivvah | |
Nisroch | Assyria | |
Rimmon/Hadad-rimmon | Aram | |
Sakkuth | Babylon | |
Succoth-benoth | Babylon | |
Tammuz | Babylon, Sumer | |
Tartak | Ivvah |
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