1 Kings 16:32
He raised up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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 18:18He answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house, in that you have forsaken the LORD’s commandments and you have followed the Baals.
2 Kings 10:18Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much.
2 Kings 10:26They brought out the pillars that were in the house of Baal and burnt 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 →