Baal (Hebrew baal, from the Phoenician baal, "owner," "lord"), among ancient Semitic peoples, name of innumerable local gods controlling fertility of the soil and of domestic animals. Because the various Baals were not everywhere conceived as identical, they may not be regarded as local variations of the same deity. In the plural, Baalim means idols or Baals collectively. The name Baal formed a part of the names of various gods, as Baal-berith (the lord of the covenant) of the Shechemites, and Baalzebub (the lord of flies) of the Philistines.

The Hebrews learned the worship of Baal from the agricultural Canaanites. Except for the offerings of fruits and the first born of cattle, little is known of the rites employed. Canaanite shrines were little more than altars with the symbol of the Canaanite and Hebrew female deity Ashtoreth set beside them. Sacred pillars were often erected near the altars. These shrines were objects of Yahweh's wrath (Leviticus 26:30; Psalm 78:58).

The Israelites were commanded to destroy them on entering the land of Canaan (Numbers 33:52; Deuteronomy 33:29), but the shrines were eliminated completely only under King Hezekiah in the 7th century BC. The name Baal was compounded with many Hebrew, Chaldean, Phoenician, and Carthaginian personal and place-names, such as Baalbek, Ethbaal, Jezebel, Hasdrubal, and Hannibal.

Beelzebub is a name derived from a Philistine god, formerly worshipped in Ekron, and later adopted by Abrahamic religions as a given name to a major demon. The name Beelzebub is associated with the Canaanite god Baal.

In theological sources, predominately Christian, Beelzebub is sometimes another name for the Devil, similar to Satan. He is known in demonology as one of the seven princes of Hell. The Dictionnaire Infernal describes Beelzebub as a being capable of flying, known as the "Lord of the Flyers", or the "Lord of the Flies".

It means covenant lord, the name of the god worshipped in Shechem after the death of Gideon ( Judges 8:33 ; 9:4 ). In 9:46 he is called simply "the god Berith." The name denotes the god of the covenant into which the Israelites entered with the Canaanites, contrary to the command of Jehovah ( Exodus 34:12 ), when they began to fall away to the worship of idols.

The god of the Moabites. Israel joined in worshipping the Baal of Peor. They bowed down and offered sacrifices as well as committing sexual immorality with pagan women. God destroyed all those who followed this god. Considered a lifeless god. 

The Israelites served the Baals and Ashtorerths. She was the “vile goddess of the Sidonians.” Venerated as the mother-goddess of fertility. She was often set up next to the altar of the LORD. She may be the “Queen of Heaven” referred to in the book of Jeremiah. 

Chemosh was the national deity of the Moabites whose name most likely meant "destroyer," "subduer," or "fish god."  While he is most readily associated with the Moabites, according to Judges 11:24 he seems to have been the national deity of the Ammonites as well.

His presence in the Old Testament world was well known, as his cult was imported to Jerusalem by King Solomon (1 Kings 11:7).  The Hebrew scorn for his worship was evident in a curse from the scriptures:  "the abomination of Moab."  King Josiah destroyed the Israelite branch of the cult (2 Kings 23).

Star god of pagan Israel.

In the Old Testament, deity at one period associated with Baal, probably as a sun god, but differing from him in being almost entirely malevolent. The worship of Moloch embraced human sacrifice, ordeals by fire, and self-mutilation. The Hebrew form of the word is invariably Molech, meaning "king" or "counselor." The first recorded instance of a worshiper of Jehovah who "burned his son as an offering" (that is, to Moloch) is that of Ahaz (see 2 Kings 16:3).

The same story is told of Manasseh, eponymous ancestor of one of the 12 tribes of ancient Israel (see 2 Kings 21:6). The practice is also alluded to in the books of Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Leviticus. The ritual of Moloch worship was probably borrowed by Judah from one of the surrounding nations; it was practiced by the Moabites (see 2 Kings 3:27) and Ammonites.

The god of the Philistines. He appears to have been worshipped as a fertility god. The ark of the covenant was brought into the temple of Dagon after being captured. The statue of Dagon fell apart before the ark. The Philistines also believed that Dagon had delivered Samson, their enemy to them. 

The Assyrian god of agriculture, in whose temple king Sennacherib was worshipping when he was assassinated by his own sons in revenge for the destruction of Babylon.

Succoth-benoth was one of the pagan gods that were introduced in Canaan by Babylonian settlers who came to the region after king Shalmaneser V of Assyria had deported much of the Israelite population (2 Kings 17:30). We don't exactly know to which known deity the name Succoth-benoth refers. It's not uncommon for Hebrew authors to mutate or mutilate names of pagan gods to express their disgust with them, but the result is that we have a hard time estimating which original name they actually mutilated.

was a deity worshipped throughout Mesopotamia (Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia) with the main seat of his worship at Cuthah represented by the mound of Tell-Ibrahim.

Nergal is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the deity of the city of Cuth (Cuthah): "And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal" (2 Kings, 17:30). According to the Talmudists, his emblem was a cockerel and Nergal means a "dunghill cock", although standard iconography pictured Nergal as a lion. He is a son of Enlil and Ninlil, along with Nanna and Ninurta.

goddess of Hamath, the goddes of fate.

goddess of the Avvites, "the barker",  form of a dog

god of the Avvites, prince of darkness, a donkey.

Goddess of the Sepharvites who burned their children in the fire as an offering. Most likely the moon goddess. 

Zeus, in Greek mythology, the god of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods. Zeus corresponds to the Roman god Jupiter. Zeus was considered, according to Homer, the father of the gods and of mortals. He did not create either gods or mortals; he was their father in the sense of being the protector and ruler both of the Olympian family and of the human race. He was lord of the sky, the rain god, and the cloud gatherer, who wielded the terrible thunderbolt. His breastplate was the aegis, his bird the eagle, his tree the oak. Zeus presided over the gods on Mount Olympus in Thessaly. His principal shrines were at Dodona, in Epirus, the land of the oak trees and the most ancient shrine, famous for its oracle, and at Olympia, where the Olympian Games were celebrated in his honor every fourth year. The Nemean games, held at Nemea, northwest of Argos, were also dedicated to Zeus.

Tammuz or Dumuzi, in Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian mythology, a god of animal and plant fertility. The principal features of his cult were his ritual marriage to the goddess of the harvest, Ishtar, in which the deities were represented by the king and high priestess, and the annual lamenting of his early death, which marked the end of the spring season.

Tammuz was the counterpart of the Phoenician fertility god known to the Greeks as Adonis. Many monuments in ancient Babylon depict the mother goddess Semiramis, and the child in her arms is the old pagan god Tammuz which is where the worship of the cross came from. It has been proven that the cross is the first letter of the name Tammuz with the top moved down.

ARTEMIS was the Olympian goddess of hunting, the wilderness and wild animals. She was also a goddess of childbirth, and the protectress of the girl child up to the age of marriage--her twin brother Apollon was similarly the protector of the boy child. Together the two gods were also bringers of sudden death and disease--Artemis targetted women and girls, Apollon men and boys.

In ancient art Artemis was usually depicted as a girl or young maiden with a hunting bow and quiver of arrows.

He is the angel of the abyss, the fallen star, and the king of the locusts of agony. Apollyon was given the key to the shaft of the abyss.

He is the angel of the abyss, the fallen star, and the king of the locusts of agony. Apollyon was given the key to the shaft of the abyss.

He is the serpent that tempted Eve and caused the whole world to sin. He is the fallen star that brought with him one-third of the hosts of heaven. Considered to be the ancient serpent and his subordinates probably have reptilian like qualities. Some of his titles are “prince of demons”, “father of lies”, “prince of the power of the air”, “leviathin” and “the great dragon”. He is against God and his people and everything that is good. He will be thrown into the lake of fire with the beast and false prophet at the end of ages.

He is the serpent that tempted Eve and caused the whole world to sin. He is the fallen star that brought with him one-third of the hosts of heaven. Considered to be the ancient serpent and his subordinates probably have reptilian like qualities. Some of his titles are “prince of demons”, “father of lies”, “prince of the power of the air”, “leviathin” and “the great dragon”. He is against God and his people and everything that is good. He will be thrown into the lake of fire with the beast and false prophet at the end of ages.

He is the serpent that tempted Eve and caused the whole world to sin. He is the fallen star that brought with him one-third of the hosts of heaven. Considered to be the ancient serpent and his subordinates probably have reptilian like qualities. Some of his titles are “prince of demons”, “father of lies”, “prince of the power of the air”, “leviathin” and “the great dragon”. He is against God and his people and everything that is good. He will be thrown into the lake of fire with the beast and false prophet at the end of ages.