Baal [Bā'al]—possessor or controller.

1. A Reubenite of the house of Joel who lived before the captivity of the tribes (1 Chron. 5:5, 6).
2. A Benjamite, son of King Saul’s ancestor Jehiel (1 Chron. 8:30; 9:35, 36, 39). Also the name of the male deity of the Phoenicians and Canaanites, as Ashtoreth was their chief female deity. Baal is likewise the name of a village of Simeon (Num. 22:41; 1 Chron. 4:33).