...maybe it all began when the king had erected an altar to ba'al there in Israel,
"To please his queen," he had said, it was going to be a symbol of peace and unity between the two nations and a future to look forward to.
Of course that future had come, as it wasn't long till the Israelites became partial to ba'al's teachings, the Phoenicians joy could know no bound as the proud nation of Israel, the centre of all important events that ever happened were on their side and worshiped their god! What could have possibly gone wrong with that...? But then, that man had come along...