“... KTU 1.119 in Relation to Israelite Prayer and Ritual The student of Ugaritic and Israelite literature is not surprised to find congruences between the two. That is no less true with regard to the prayer to Baal text than it has been of other Ugaritic texts when examined in relation to Israelite texts and practices. I have indicated the formal similarities to the vow in Israelite literature, a likeness that could be extended to other texts such as Num. 21.1-4 and Judg. 11.30- 32, both of which have to do with vows to the deity in situations of military conflict, seeking God's help to defeat the enemy. The resem- blances are rather sharp, even though the Ugaritic vow is in the context of ritual prescription while the biblical vows are parts of narrative reports. Not only do we have the formal and material similarity of a conditional clause asking the deity's help in overcoming the enemy and an apodosis vowing sacrifices to the deity when the help is given, but in all three cases the report is given that the deity responded. In KTU 1.119 and Num. 21.3 the texts explicitly report that Baal and Yahweh hear ($m') the prayer and drive the enemy out (KTU 1.119) or give them over (Num. 21.3). ...”