Bible Question: As God is extremely clever, when He brought the plagues on Egypt [Exodus] He trounced the Egyptians false gods. I only know a few. Does anyone know them all? |
Bible Answer: False gods in the Old Testament *************************************** 1. Rachel's household gods (Gen. 31:19) 2. The golden calf at Sinai (Ex. 32) 3. Nanna, the moon god of Ur, worshiped by Abraham before his salvation (Josh. 24:2) 4. Asherah, or Ashtaroth, the chief goddess of Tyre, referred to as the lady of the sea (Judg. 6:24-32) 5. Dagon, the chief Philistine agriculture and sea god and father of Baal (Judg. 16:23-30; 1 Sam. 5:1-7) 6. Ashtoreth, a Canaanite goddess, another consort of Baal (1 Sam. 7:3,4) 7. Molech, the god of the Ammonites and the most horrible idol in the Scriptures (1 Kings 11:7; 2 Chr. 28:14; 33:6) 8. The two golden images made by King Jeroboam, set up at the shrines of Dan and Bethel (1 Kings 12:28-31) 9. Baal, the chief deity of Canaan (1 Kings 18:17-40; 2 Kings 10:28; 11:18) 10. Rimmon, the Syrian god of Naaman the leper (2 Kings 5:15-19) 11. Nishroch, the Assyrian god of Sennacherib (2 Kings 19:37) 12. Nebo, the Babylonian god of wisdom and literature (Isaiah 46:1) 13. Merodach, also called Marduk, the chief god of the Babylonian pantheon (Jer. 50:2) 14. Tammuz, the husband and brother of Ishtar (Asherah), goddess of fertility (Ezek. 8:14) 15. The golden image in the plain of Dura (Dan. 2) [Taken from page 61 of the MacArthur Study Bible, 1997, Word Publishing, John MacArthur, Author and General Editor, http://www.gty.org] Grace to you, Makarios |