Images for Baalim - Or, to serve as Baalim, that is, as representatives of the different forms or characters of the chief Phoenician deity.<…

And made also molten images for Baalim. — For the Baals, that is, the different aspects or avatars of the Canaanite god. This cla…

But he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father: for he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel,

And the priest shall take holy water
Out of the laver, as the Targum…

Israel gained this victory because God was wrathful with Judah and made Israel His rod of indignation. He reminds them of their own sins. It is unb…