Talk:Ekron

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In (2 Kings 1): "When Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber which [was] in Samaria, and became ill, he sent messengers to inquire of the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this sickness." Can anyone familiar with the Hebrew tell us whether the deity of Ekron is given a gender in the Hebrew text that is rendered "god"? --Wetman 00:12, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

In the Hebrew version of the bible the name of the god is Baal-Zebub, which may be a variant of the known Canaanite god Baal Zabbul. It is refered in the text as a male god. Marom 16:57, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I removed the inaccurate reference to Akron, Ohio. Mormonchess 17:37, 26 May 2006 (UTC)