Romans 11:11 (ESV)
So I ask, did they (the Jews) stumble in order that they might fall? By no means!
πταίω ptaiō stumble; trip
Romans 11:1 ESV
I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin.
Romans 11:2 (ESV)
God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew...
Romans 11:2 (ESV)
...Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?
Romans 11:3 ESV
“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.”
1 Kings 16:30 ESV
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him.
1 Kings 16:25 ESV
Omri did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did more evil than all who were before him.
1 Kings 16:33 ESV
And Ahab made an Asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
Matthew 17:1–3 ESV
And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him.
Numbers 25:1–3 ESV
While Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to whore with the daughters of Moab. These invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods. So Israel yoked himself to Baal of Peor. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel.
"Ashtoreth, Asherah, Astarte, and Ishtar are all manifestations of the same goddess who was worshipped in different regions, where people were divided by language and geography. Ashtoreth (a Hebrew name) was the supreme female deity of the Phoenicians, associated with Baal, the supreme god."
Ashtoreth = Ishtar = Easter
1 Kings 18:27 ESV
And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.”
1 Kings 18:39–40 ESV
And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, “The Lord, he is God; the Lord, he is God.” And Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.” And they seized them. And Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon and slaughtered them there.
Romans 11:3–4 ESV
“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.” But what is God’s reply to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
