"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.