Judg 8:33 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 33. A whoring after Baalim ] This term has probably a different meaning here from what it has ; for it is very likely that in most parts of the pagan worship there were many impure rites, so that going a whoring after Baalim may be taken in a literal sense. Baal-berith ] Literally, the lord of the covenant ; the same as Jupiter faederis , or Mercury , among the Romans; the deity whose business it was to preside over compacts, leagues, treaties, covenants , &c. Some of the versions understand it as if the Israelites had made a covenant or agreement to have Baal for their god ; so the VULGATE: Percusseruntque cum Baal faedus, ut esset eis in deum .

‏ Judges 8:33

Verse 33. A whoring after Baalim] This term has probably a different meaning here from what it has Jud 8:7; for it is very likely that in most parts of the pagan worship there were many impure rites, so that going a whoring after Baalim may be taken in a literal sense.

Baal-berith] Literally, the lord of the covenant; the same as Jupiter faederis, or Mercury, among the Romans; the deity whose business it was to preside over compacts, leagues, treaties, covenants, &c. Some of the versions understand it as if the Israelites had made a covenant or agreement to have Baal for their god; so the VULGATE: Percusseruntque cum Baal faedus, ut esset eis in deum.