Astarte and Resheph were paired as war deities in Egyptian-Canaanite worship, appearing together in New Kingdom texts as divine patrons of pharaonic military campaigns.
Nergal and Resheph were equated in bilingual god-lists at Ugarit and Emar, where the Mesopotamian lord of plague and the Canaanite archer of pestilence were recognized as one and the same deity under different names.
Resheph was adopted from Canaanite religion into the Egyptian pantheon during the New Kingdom, venerated as a warrior deity and paired with Min and Qetesh in the Triad of Coptos.
Some scholars identify the boar that kills Adonis with Resheph, the Canaanite god of plague and the underworld. Resheph's destructive power over life parallels the lethal force that annually slays the vegetation god Adon.
Anat and Resheph were both adopted as war deities in New Kingdom Egypt. An Egyptian text pairs them as divine warriors who protect the pharaoh's chariot in battle.
Resheph and Baal-Zebub were both venerated in Philistine territory. Resheph's cult center at Arsuf (Apollonia) and Baal-Zebub's at Ekron were major Philistine sanctuaries.
Dagon and Resheph were both worshipped at Ugarit as senior Canaanite deities. Offering lists from the city pair them in cultic contexts alongside other gods of the older generation.
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