qaus

Updated: January 24, 2026

The supreme Baal was the Sun-god Hadad; another god worshipped by them was Qaus or Kos. Of goddesses we hear nothing. The Israelites, however, recognised in the Edomites brethren of their own, whose religion was not far removed from that of the descendants of Jacob.

A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce - Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations