And he answered
That is, Elijah, with great boldness and undaunted courage, not
fearing the face of the king, being sent to show himself to him
in the name of the King of kings:
I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy father's
house;
they, by their sins, were the cause of all the troubles, those
sore evil and sad calamities that were upon them:
in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the
Lord:
to have no other gods before him, and not to make images, and
worship them, which they had done:
and thou hast followed Baalim;
the several Baals, the Sun, moon, and stars, the whole host of
heaven, worshipped under this name; or, not content with the
Phoenician Baal, or Baal of the Zidonians, followed others, see (
Judges 2:11 )
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