ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord This was done before the Baal-worship was introduced, by Jeroboam and by each king after him, and Omri, Ahab's father, was no better than the rest. The LXX. omits -the commandments of."

and thou hast followed Baalim R.V. the Baalim. This was Ahab's additional sin; so that it is said of him (1 Kings 21:25) -There was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness." The plural Baalimis used because there were many forms or aspects of Baal, so that he was worshipped under several names, at different places, as Baal-berith, Baal-zebub, Baal-peor, &c. Ahab in compliance with the will of Jezebel had admitted them all into Israel.

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