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The Forensic Ledger of False Gods in the Bible

Here is the complete text bullet list of all forty-six names and manifestations found in the King James Version, along with their primary scriptural locations.

1. Primary Standalone Deities

  • Adrammelech — 2 Kings 17:31
  • Anammelech — 2 Kings 17:31
  • Amon — Jeremiah 46:25, Nahum 3:8
  • Asherah (Groves) — Exodus 34:13, Judges 6:25
  • Ashima — 2 Kings 17:30
  • Ashtoreth / Ashtaroth — 1 Kings 11:5, Judges 2:13, 1 Samuel 31:10
  • Baal — Judges 2:13, 1 Kings 18:21, Jeremiah 19:5
  • Bel — Isaiah 46:1, Jeremiah 50:2, Jeremiah 51:44
  • Castor — Acts 28:11
  • Chemosh — Numbers 21:29, 1 Kings 11:7, Jeremiah 48:7
  • Chiun — Amos 5:26
  • Dagon — Judges 16:23, 1 Samuel 5:2-7, 1 Chronicles 10:10
  • Diana — Acts 19:24, Acts 19:27-28, Acts 19:34
  • Jupiter — Acts 14:12-13, Acts 19:35
  • Mercurius — Acts 14:12
  • Merodach — Jeremiah 50:2
  • Molech / Moloch — Leviticus 18:21, 2 Kings 23:10, Acts 7:43
  • Nebo — Isaiah 46:1
  • Nergal — 2 Kings 17:30
  • Nibhaz — 2 Kings 17:31
  • Nisroch — 2 Kings 19:37, Isaiah 37:38
  • Pollux — Acts 28:11
  • Rimmon — 2 Kings 5:18
  • Tammuz — Ezekiel 8:14
  • Tartak — 2 Kings 17:31

2. Compound Localizations of Baal

  • Baal-berith — Judges 8:33, Judges 9:4
  • Baal-gad — Joshua 11:17, Joshua 12:7
  • Baal-hermon — Judges 3:3, 1 Chronicles 5:23
  • Baal-meon — Numbers 32:38, 1 Chronicles 5:8
  • Baal-peor — Numbers 25:3-5, Psalm 106:28
  • Baal-perazim — 2 Samuel 5:20, 1 Chronicles 14:11
  • Baal-zephon — Exodus 14:2, Numbers 33:7
  • Baal-zebub — 2 Kings 1:2-3, 2 Kings 1:16
  • Baal-tamar — Judges 20:33
  • Baal-shalisha — 2 Kings 4:42
  • Baal-hanan — Genesis 36:38, 1 Chronicles 1:49

3. Deified Concepts, Astral Titles, & Personifications

  • Gad (That Troop) — Isaiah 65:11
  • Meni (That Number) — Isaiah 65:11
  • Mammon — Matthew 6:24, Luke 16:13
  • Nehushtan — 2 Kings 18:4
  • Queen of Heaven — Jeremiah 7:18, Jeremiah 44:17-19
  • The Unknown God — Acts 17:23

4. Biographical & Linguistic Pagan Compounds

  • Belteshazzar — Daniel 1:7, Daniel 4:8
  • Shadrach — Daniel 1:7, Daniel 3:12
  • Meshach — Daniel 1:7, Daniel 3:14
  • Abed-nego — Daniel 1:7, Daniel 3:30
  • Evil-merodach — 2 Kings 25:27, Jeremiah 52:31

5. Advanced Theological Variations & Imperial Entities

  • Milcom / Malcham — 1 Kings 11:5, 2 Kings 23:13, Zephaniah 1:5
  • Hadad-rimmon — Zechariah 12:11
  • Nero — 2 Timothy structural postscript