1 Kings 16:31
16:31 As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal. 1
1 Kings 18:18
18:18 Elijah 2 replied, “I have not brought disaster 3 on Israel. But you and your father’s dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord’s commandments and following the Baals.
1 tn Heb “and he went and served Baal and bowed down to him.”
sn The Canaanites worshiped Baal as a storm and fertility god.
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Or “trouble.”