God
God [1]
When the people had settled down in peaceful relations with their neighbors, and began to have commercial and diplomatic transactions with them, it was inevitable that they should render their neighbor's gods some degree of reverence and worship. Courtesy and friendship demanded as much (compare 2 Kings 5:18 ). When Solomon had contracted many foreign alliances by marriage, he was also bound to admit foreign worship into Jerusalem ( 1 Kings 11:5 ). But Ahab was the first king who tried to set up the worship of Baal, side by side with that of Yahweh, as the national religion (1 King Copyright Statementthese Files Are Public Domain And Were Generously Provided By The Folks At Wordsearch Software. Bibliography Informationorr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry For 'God'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Https://Www.Studylight.Org/Encyclopedias/Eng/Isb/G/God.Html. 1915.
