False gods

From Christianity Knowledge Base

The first commandment requires us to worship the one true God alone. However, the people of Israel were often tempted to worship false gods. Some of these false gods may be demons (1 Corinthians 10:14-22), although others may simply not exist.

Various false gods are mentioned in the Bible:

Contents 1 Egyptian 2 Canaanite 3 Philistine 4 Assyrian 5 Babylonian 6 Persian 7 Greek 8 Roman 9 Other 10 See also

[edit] Egyptian

• Golden calf? (Exodus 32; 1 Kings 12

[edit] Canaanite

• Asherah
• Baal

[edit] Philistine

• Ba‘al Zebûb "Lord of the Flies" (1 Kings 1:2-16); = Beelzebub (Matthew 10:25, 12:24-27; Luke 11.15–19; Mark 3.22)
• Dagon (Judges 16:23; 1 Samuel 5; 1 Chronicles 10)

[edit] Assyrian

[edit] Babylonian

• Marduk (Jeremiah 50:2)
• Nebo/Nabu (Isaiah 46:1; Jeremiah 48:1)

[edit] Persian

[edit] Greek

• Artemis: Acts 19 (worshiped in Ephesus);
• Hades (also a reference to Hell, or to the afterlife in general).
• Zeus: Acts 19:35

[edit] Roman

• Jupiter: Acts 14:12-13 (Barnabas mistaken for)
• Mercury: Acts 14:12 : (Paul mistaken for)

[edit] Other

[edit] See also

• Idolatry