1 Kings 16:32
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
1 Kings 16:32 in other translations
| BSB | First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria. |
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| WEB | He raised up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. |
| ASV | And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. |
| YLT | and raiseth up an altar for Baal, in the house of the Baal, that he built in Samaria; |
| DARBY | And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria. |
| BBE | And he put up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he had made in Samaria. |
| Webster | And he erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. |
What does 1 Kings 16:32 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 16:29-33
29-33. Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him--The worship of God by symbols had hitherto been the offensive form of apostasy in Israel, but now gross idolatry is openly patronized by the court. This was done through the influence of Jezebel, Ahab's queen. She was "the daughter of Eth-baal, king of the Zidonians." He was priest of Ashtaroth or Astarte, who, having…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 16:29-34
Ahab did evil above all that reigned before him, and did it with a particular enmity both against Jehovah and Israel. He was not satisfied with breaking the second commandment by image-worship, he broke the first by worshipping other gods: making light of lesser sins makes way for greater. Marriages with daring offenders also imbolden in wickedness, and hurry men on to the greatest excesses. One of Ahab's subjects…
1 Kings 16:32 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 16:32
- 2 Kings 10:21
And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.
- 2 Kings 10:26-27
And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
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Context
- 1 Kings 16:31
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 Baal, and worshipped him.
- 1 Kings 16:32
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
- 1 Kings 16:33
And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
1 Kings 16:32 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | E hizo altar á Baal, en el templo de Baal que él edificó en Samaria. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et dressa un autel à Baal dans la maison de Baal qu’il bâtit à Samarie. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er errichtete dem Baal einen Altar im Hause des Baal, das er zu Samaria gebaut hatte; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et posuit aram Baal in templo Baal, quod ædificaverat in Samaria, |