Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

Why is Elijah sent to a Sidonian widow? Well, remember what we saw last time? Ahab had married a Sidonian princess! Ahab "took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians." The name of Baal – the Canaanite god – is all over verses 31-32 of chapter 16: "he took for his wife JezeBaal, the daughter of EthBaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshipped him. He erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria." Ahab has turned away from Yahweh and identified himself with Baal...