That the stories in 1 Kings 17–19 are anti-Baalistic is self-evident. This may be seen in the dramatic confrontation of Elijah with the prophets of Baal during the famous contest on Mt. Carmel (1 Kgs 18:17–40), in the numerous references to Jezebel’s Baalism and her persecution of the prophets of Yahweh (1 Kgs 16:31–33; 18:4, 13; 19:2), in Elijah’s statements about Israel’s tendency to worship the Baals (1 Kgs 18:18–19, 21–22, 37; 19:10, 14), and even in the sub-plot concerning Obadiah (1 Kgs 18:3–4,
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