Baalim] RV 'the Baalim,' i.e. the local gods worshipped by the Canaanites. Baalim is” the plural of Baal, which means 'lord' (cp. Judges 8:33). Each place might thus have its patron god. Jehovah was never thought of by the Hebrews as a local deity in this sense.

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