<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section uncritically uses texts from within a religion or faith system without referring to secondary sources that critically analyze them . Please help improve this article by adding references to reliable secondary sources, with multiple points of view . (October 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> The religious climate of the Kingdom of Israel appears to have followed two major trends . The first, that of worship of Yahweh, and the second that of worship of Baal as detailed in the Hebrew Bible (1 Kings 16: 31) and in the Baal cycle discovered at Ugarit . </P> <P> According to the Hebrew Bible Jeroboam built two places of worship, one at Bethel and one at far northern Dan, as alternatives to the Temple in Jerusalem. (1 Kings 12: 29) He did not want the people of his kingdom to have religious ties to Jerusalem, the capital city of the rival Kingdom of Judah . He erected golden bulls at the entrance to the Temples to represent the national god . The Hebrew Bible, written from the perspective of scribes in Jerusalem, referred to these acts as the way of Jeroboam or the errors of Jeroboam. (1 Kings 12: 26 - 29) </P> <P> The Bible states that Ahab allowed the cult worship of Baal to become an acceptable religion of the kingdom . His wife Jezebel was a devotee to Baal worship . (1 Kings 16: 31) </P>

Where did the northern kingdom of israel worship