FYI, the name for the jealous god among many gods is "monolatry". Historically, monolatry has a strong tendency to morph into monotheism, as it's much more sta

FYI, the name for the jealous god among many gods is "monolatry". Historically, monolatry has a strong tendency to morph into monotheism, as it's much more stable belief system vs. having solid reasons not to worship other gods on the side. In the Bible, there's evidence that the earliest Judaism was monolatrist[0]. You can see a very long period of frustration the priests have with people mostly worshipping the most powerful god, but hedging their bets with side worship of Baal Zebul, Asherah, etc. despite Yahweh's jealousy. They had a much easier time discouraging the side worship once they started asserting those side gods didn't exist, rather than saying they were dramatically less powerful. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolatry#In_ancient_Israel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolatry#In_ancient_Israel