In general, the Baalites owned houses, lands, and slaves. They were the aristocratic landlords and lived in the cities. [1]
Elijah, one of the greatest of the prophets, began his teaching as a defender of the old land mores as against the land-selling attitude of the Baalim, against the attempt of the cities to dominate the country. [2] The northern and more settled Canaanites, the Baalites, freely bought, sold, and mortgaged their lands. [3] When the Baal political party returned to power in Jerusalem then began the real Egyptian bondage. [4]