BEL
bel, bal (bel):
Appellative name of a Bah 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, RELIGION OF.
Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BEL'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.