Micha his son, Reia his son, Baal his son,

Micah.

Micah 1:1 And shall I not spare Ninive, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons, that know how to distinguish between their right hand and their left, and many beasts?

Reaia.

1 Chronicles 4:2 And Raia the son of Sobal begot Jahath, of whom were born Ahumai, and Laad. These are the families of Sarathi.

Reaiah.

1 Chronicles 5:5 Micha his son, Reia his son, Baal his son,

Ezra 2:47 The children of Gaddel, the children of Gaher, the children of Raaia,

Nehemiah 7:50 The children of Raaia, the children of Rasin, the children of Necoda,

(1) Son of Shobal, son of Judah,

1 Chronicles 4:2 And Raia the son of Sobal begot Jahath, of whom were born Ahumai, and Laad. These are the families of Sarathi.

. Called Haroeh.

1 Chronicles 2:52 And Sobal the father of Cariathiarim had sons: he that saw half of the places of rest.

(2) A descendant of Reuben,

1 Chronicles 5:5 Micha his son, Reia his son, Baal his son,

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(3) One whose children returned from Babylon,

Ezra 2:47 The children of Gaddel, the children of Gaher, the children of Raaia,

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Nehemiah 7:50 The children of Raaia, the children of Rasin, the children of Necoda,

. Baal. i.e., master; possessor; owner; lord, \\See Definition 01168.\\

1 Chronicles 5:5 Micha his son, Reia his son, Baal his son,

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(2) A descendant of Benjamin.

1 Chronicles 8:30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Sur, and Cis, and Baal, and Nadab,

1 Chronicles 9:36 His firstborn son Abdon, and Sur, and Cis, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,

(3) A city of Simeon.

1 Chronicles 4:33 And all their villages round about these cities as far as Baal. This was their habitation, and the distribution of their dwellings.

Judges 6:25 That night the Lord said to him: Take a bullock of thy father's, and another bullock of seven years, and thou shalt destroy the altar of Baal, which is thy father's: and cut down the grove that is about the altar:

2 Kings 10:18 And Jehu gathered together all the people, and said to them: Achab worshipped Baal a little, but I will worship him more.

2 Kings 23:4 And the king commanded Helcias, the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to cast out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that had been made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burnt them without Jerusalem, in the valley of Cedron, and he carried the ashes of them to Bethel.

The chief male deity of the Phoenicians and Canaanites, as Ashtoreth was their principal female deity. The worship of Baal, together with that of Astarte, was common among the Hebrews. The Babylonians worshipped Baal under the name of Bel. Human sacrifices were offered to Baal by the Jews.

Jeremiah 19:5 And they have built the high places of Baalim, to burn their children with fire for a holocaust to Baalim: which I did not command, nor speak of, neither did it once come into my mind.