1 Kings 16:32
First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.
Majority Standard Bible
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
Cross References
1 Kings 18:18“I have not troubled Israel,” Elijah replied, “but you and your father’s house have, for you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and have followed the Baals.
2 Kings 10:18Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.
2 Kings 10:26They brought out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.
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 →