of trinity of deities along with Aglibol and Malakbel. Baal-zephon or Baalzephon, properly Baʿal Zaphon or Ṣaphon. Alternate form of Baal Hadad as lord of Mount Zaphon. Bel, or Bol, was the chief god of Palmyra, Syria whose temple was destroyed on August 30, 2015, by ISIL. Chemosh, possibly one of the sons of El, a god of war and destruction and the national god of the Moabites and the Ammonites. Dagon (Dagan) god of crop fertility and grain, father of Ba'al Hadad El, also called 'Il or Elyon ("Most High"), god of creation, husband of Athirat. Eretz, goddess of the earth Eshmun, god, or as Baalat Asclepius, goddess, of healing Gad, god of fortune Gupan and Ugar, messenger gods of the weather god Baal, who always appear as a pair. Horon, an underworld god, Ishara, a goddess of Eblaite origin Ishat, goddess of fire, wife of Moloch. She was slain by Anat. Kotharat, seven goddesses of marriage and pregnancy Kothar-wa-Khasis, the skilled god of craftsmanship, created Yagrush and Aymur (Driver and Chaser) the weapons used by the god Ba'al Hadad. Lotan, the twisting, seven-headed serpent ally of Yam. Malakbel, god of the sun, vegetation, welfare, angel of Bel and brother of Agilbol. Part of a trinity of deities in Palmyra, Syria along with Aglibol and Baalshamin. Manuzi, god of weather and husband of Liluri. Bulls were sacrificed to both of them. Marqod, god of dance Melqart, "king of the city", god of Tyre, the underworld and cycle of vegetation in Tyre, co-ruler of the underworld, twin brother of Horon and son of Mot. Milcom, national god of the Ammonites. Misor, twin brother of Sydyk. Moloch, putative god of fire, husband of Ishat, may be identified with Milcom. Mot or Mawat, god of death (not worshiped or given offerings) Nikkal-wa-Ib, goddess of orchards and fruit Pidray, goddess of light and lightning, one of the three daughters of Ba'al Hadad. Qadeshtu, lit. "Holy One", putative goddess of love, desire and lust. Also a title of Asherah. Qos, national god of the Edomites Resheph, god of plague and of healing Shadrafa, god of medicine or healing Shachar and Shalim, twin mountain gods of dawn and dusk, respectively. Shalim was linked to the netherworld via the evening star and associated with peace Shapash, also transliterated Shapshu, goddess of the sun; sometimes equated with the Mesopotamian sun god Shamash, whose gender is disputed. Some