How did they worship Baal?

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Keel and Uehlinger (Gods, Goddesses and Images of God in Ancient Israel) say that Yahweh (YHWH) and Baal were almost synonymous in Israel during Iron Age IIB, the period from approximately 925 to 722 BCE, the end of the Israelite kingdom. Baal would therefore have been worshipped much as the present Abrahamic God was in those early days. Evidence is that the Israelites used prayer, hymns and animal sacrifices whether worshipping Yahweh or Baal. People sometimes showed their piety by having the image or symbol of Baal on a scaraboid or seal.

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