baalberith

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baalberith - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Baal-berith
  covenant lord, the name of the god worshipped in Shechem after
  the death of Gideon (Judg. 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 (Ex. 34:12), when they began
  to fall away to the worship of idols.