Explain ways in which the Israelites moved away from the true worship of Yahweh during Prophet Elijah’s time.

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Explain ways in which the Israelites moved away from the true worship of Yahweh during Prophet Elijah’s time.

  1. They worshipped idols/Baal and Asherah.
  2. They intermarried with foreigners.
  3. They practiced temple prostitution/fertility rituals.
  4. They offered human sacrifices.
  5. They practiced injustices like corruption.
  6. They practiced syncretism.
  7. They established alternative places of worship/shrines, thereby undermining Jerusalem.
  8. They had priests who were not Levites thereby defiling the priesthood.
  9. They held their religious ceremonies in months of their choice.
  10. They destroyed and neglected Yahweh’s altars.