spake trembling. spake (authoritatively) [there was] attention; as in Joshua's clays (Joshua 4:14). Compare Job 29:21-25.
trembling. panic. Hebrew. r etheth. Occurs only here. Similar to retet, which occurs only in Jeremiah 49:24 ("fear").
exalted himself: carried weight, or was exalted.
offended. trespassed. Hebrew. 'asham. App-44.
in Baal. with Baal: i.e. with the idolatrous worship of Baal, in Ahab's days.