With the evil examples of Ahab’s predecessors as king, no wonder Ahab was such was wicked king. The religion of the country. The political situation was not all that corrupted the land in Elijah’s day. There was also great corruption from the religion of the land. Corruption from religion came when the worship of Baal replaced and cruelly suppressed the worship of Jehovah. The issue which Elijah raised at Carmel was which of these two religions is right? He said, “If the LORD [Jehovah] be God, follow
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