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He was one of the local deities of Jerusalem's pre-Israelite era.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is evident, therefore, that the pre-Israelite inhabitants of Palestine were closely akin to the Hebrews, and spoke substantially the same language.

From The Christian View of the Old Testament by Eiselen, Frederick Carl

Some of these were taken over from pre-Israelite cults.

From Judaism by Abrahams, Israel

Thus a new impulse was given to Jewish proselytism in Alexandria, and the earlier history of Israel, especially the pre-Israelite epoch with its simple human types, was read in a new light.

From Jewish Theology by Kohler, Kaufmann