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Elberith, El-Berith

ELBERITH, EL-BERITH ĕl’ bĭr ĭth (אֵ֥ל בְּרִֽית, “God of the covenant”). An alternate name for the god worshiped at Shechem, in whose temple some of the people of Shechem took refuge when Abimelech destroyed the city (Judg 9:46).