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Ahab's Evil In The Sight Of God

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Being the king of Israel and married to a non-Israelite princess, Jezebel, Ahab does evil in the sight of God by participating in the worship of Baal and other idols (Wyatt, 2012). With difficulty accomplishing his tasks as the king, Ahab possesses a rude, sad personality that goes beyond any that have ruled before him (Wyatt, 2012). Compensating for his inept abilities, Jezebel is strong in many tasks and promotes her belief in Baal throughout Israel, thus threatening Israel’s belief in Yahweh by questioning their beliefs that he is the true God of Israel (Wyatt, 2012).
Being an Israeli prophet, Elijah and Jezebel are often in conflict over the belief’s that each has in a higher deity (Wyatt, 2012). Through Elijah’s pronouncement that Israel will face a great drought, which will ultimately affect their crops and own livelihood, conflict arises over whose god controls the weather, fertility of the crops, and the success or failure of life in Israel (Wyatt, 2012). Issuing a challenge to Ahab to …show more content…

Although this was not the end of idol worshipping, it did slow the progression into Judah (Tullock & McEntire, 2012).
Because Ahab witnessed this event on Mount Carmel, he realized that Baal was not a real god and that Yahweh was indeed the true God of Israel and all things. Rushing down the mountain, Ahab relayed the events of the challenge to Jezebel, as well as informing her of the death of her Baal prophets (Tullock & McEntire, 2012). Furious with Elijah for ordering their demise, Jezebel proclaimed that she would kill him as soon as she found him (Tullock & McEntire, 2012).
In spite of his commitment to God and the events that he had just witnessed, Elijah saw the wicked ways of Jezebel, and in fear for his life, he fled to the wilderness (Tullock & McEntire,

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