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====God and the heavenly beings====

[[File:Michael4.jpg|200px|thumb|The [[Michael (archangel)|Archangel Michael]], a member of the host of divine beings who attend God in heaven, defeating [[Satan]], the dragon of chaos.<ref name="Wyatt 2001 106–107"/>]]

Yehovah, also Jehovah in English is God The Father's name. As written in the Authorized Version of the Bible.

Israel and Judah, like other [[Canaan]]ite kingdoms, originally had a full pantheon of gods.<ref name="Wright 2002 63">{{harvnb|Wright|2002|p=63}}</ref> The chief of the old Canaanite pantheon was the god [[El (deity)|El]], but over time Yahweh replaced him as the national god and the two merged ("Yahweh-El, creator of heaven and earth" – Genesis 14:22).<ref name="Wright 2002 63"/> The remaining gods were now subject to Yahweh: "Who in the sky is comparable to Yahweh, like Yahweh among the divine beings? A god dreaded in the Council of holy beings...?" (Psalm 89:6–9).<ref>{{harvnb|Wright|2002|pp=63–64}}</ref> In the [[Book of Job]] the Council of Heaven, the [[Sons of God]] ''(bene elohim)'' meet in heaven to review events on Earth and decide the fate of Job.<ref name="Habel 2001 67">{{harvnb|Habel|2001|p=67}}</ref> One of their number is "the [[Satan]]", literally "the accuser", who travels over the Earth much like a Persian imperial spy, (Job dates from the period of the Persian empire), reporting on, and testing, the loyalty of men to God.<ref name="Habel 2001 67"/>