The summary provides an overview of pagan deities mentioned in the Old Testament. It lists several pagan gods worshipped by different peoples including the Canaanites, Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians and others. For each deity it provides the name, the people or location they were worshipped in, and biblical references where they are mentioned. The graphic is from the NIV Faithlife Study Bible and is intended to explore pagan gods referenced in the Old Testament.

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Pagan Deities of the Old Testament
DEITY WORSHIPED IN REFERENCES
Adrammelek Sepharvaim 2Ki 17:31
Amon Egypt Jer 46:25; Na 3:8
Anammelek Sepharvaim 2Ki 17:31
Apis Egypt Jer 46:15
Asherah Canaan Dt 7:5; 16:21; Jdg 6:25–30; 1Ki
15:13; 16:33; 18:19; 2Ki 13:6;
17:16; 18:4; 21:3,7; 23:4–15;
2Ch 15:16, etc.
Ashima Hamath 2Ki 17:30
Ashtoreth/Astarte/Ishtar/”Queen
of Heaven”
Assyria, Babylon, Canaan, Egypt,
Phoenicia
Jdg 2:13; 10:6; 1Sa 7:3–4;
12:10; 31:10; 1Ki 11:5,33; 2Ki
11:5; Jer 7:18; 44:17–19, 25
Baal Canaan Nu 22:41; 25:3; Jdg 2:11;
6:25–32; 1Sa 7:4; 12:10; 1Ki
16:31–32; 18:25–26; 2Ki 3:2;
10:26–28; 2Ch 17:3; 23:17; Jer
2:8; 7:9; 19:5; Hos 2:8,13; 11:2;
Zep 1:4, etc.
Baal-Zebub Philistia 2Ki 1:2,3,6,16
Bel/Marduk Babylon Isa 46:1; Jer 50:2; 51:44
Chemosh Moab Nu 21:29; Jdg 11:24; 1Ki 11:7,
33; 2Ki 23:13; Jer 48:7,13,46
Dagon Philistia Jdg 16:23; 1Sa 5:2–7; 1Ch 10:10
Kaiwan Babylon Am 5:26
Milcom Ammon 1Ki 11:5,33; 2Ki 23:13; Jer 49:1,
3; Zep 1:5
Molek Ammon Lev 18:21; 20:2–5; 1Ki 11:7; 2Ki
23:10; Jer 32:35
Nebo Babylon Isa 46:1
Nergal Cuth 2Ki 17:30
Nibhaz Ivvah 2Ki 17:31
Nisrok Assyria 2Ki 19:37; Isa 37:38
Rimmon/Hadad-rimmon Aram 2Ki 5:18; Zec 12:11
Sakkuth Babylon Am 5:26
SukkothBenoth Babylon 2Ki 17:30
Tammuz Babylon, Sumer Eze 8:14
Tartak Ivvah 2Ki 17:31
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