Editing Kingdom of Israel (Samaria) (section)

===Religion===
The [[religious practice|religious climate]] of the Kingdom of Israel appears to have followed two major trends. The first was the worship of [[Yahweh]]; the religion of ancient Israel is sometimes referred to by modern scholars as [[Yahwism]].<ref name="auto"/> The [[Hebrew Bible]], however, states that some of the northern Israelites also adored [[Baal]] (see {{Bibleverse|1 Kings|16:31}} and the [[Baal cycle]] discovered at [[Ugarit]]).<ref name="auto">{{Cite book|last=Miller|first=Patrick D.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44174114|title=The religion of ancient Israel|date=2000|publisher=SPCK|isbn=978-0-664-22145-4|location=London|oclc=44174114}}</ref> The reference in [[Hosea 10]] to Israel's "divided heart"<ref>{{bibleverse|Hosea|10:2|NRSV}} in the [[New Revised Standard Version]], but some translators prefer "deceitful", as in the [[New International Version]].</ref> may refer to these two cultic observances, although alternatively it may refer to hesitation between looking to Assyria and Egypt for support.<ref>Jerusalem Bible (1966), Footnote b at Hosea 10:2</ref>

The Jewish Bible also states that [[Ahab]] allowed the cult worship of [[Baal]] to become acceptable of the kingdom. His wife [[Jezebel]] was the daughter of the [[Phoenicia]]n king of [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]] and a devotee to Baal worship ({{Bibleverse|1 Kings|16:31}}).<ref>{{JewishEncyclopedia|title=JEZEBEL|last=Hirsch|first=Emil G.|last2=Price|first2=Ira Maurice|url=http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/8675-jezebel}}</ref>