For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Baalim. It is the plural number of Baal; for there were divers idols of Baal. (Challoner)
The Jews hence styled Esbaal, Isboseth; as boseth means "confusion "1 Paralipomenon viii. 33.