1 Kings 16:32

And he erected an altar for Ba'al in the house of Ba'al, which he had built in Samaria.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

In Context

31And it came to pass, as if it had been too light a thing for him to walk in the sins of Jerobo'am the son of Nebat, that he took for wife Izebel the daughter of Ethba'al the king of the Zidonians, and went and served Ba'al, and worshipped him.

33And Achab made a grove; and Achab did yet more, so as to provoke the Lord the God of Israel to anger, than all the kings of Israel that had been before him.

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Cross References

1 Kings 18:18And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, through your forsaking the commandments of the Lord, and because thou hast followed the Be'alim.

2 Kings 10:18And Jehu assembled all the people, and said unto them, Achab hath served Ba'al a little: Jehu will serve him much.

2 Kings 10:26And they brought forth the statues out of the house of Ba'al, and burnt every one of them.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 16:30-34

Ahab's Reign. ( b. c. 925.) 29 And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. 30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him. 31 And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served… Read the whole commentary →

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