Succoth-benoth probably represents a Babylonian goddess called Zir-banit, the wife of Merodach. She and her husband were, next to Bel and Beltis, t…

Succoth-benoth. — The Hebrew spelling of this name has probably suffered in transmission. The Babylonian goddess Zirbânit…

It would answer no practical purpose if I were to explain the meaning of the names of these various gods. Some of them had animal forms. Their wors…

And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth
That is, those that came from Babylon made and served an idol of this name…

The terror of the Almighty will sometimes produce a forced or feigned submission in unconverted men, like those brought from different countries to…