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1 Kings 16:32

BaalSamaria
SinPraise and worship

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 Baal, and worshipped him.

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

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.

34 In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

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BSB
First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.
KJV
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
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.
DARBY
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.
BLB
And he set up an altar for Baal in the temple of the Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
ÅB
Han oppreiste et alter for Ba'al i det Ba'als-tempel han hadde bygget i Samaria.
OTB
Så bygde han et alter for Baal i Baals hus, som han bygde i Samaria.
B1930
Han opreiste et alter for Ba'al i det Ba'als-tempel han hadde bygget i Samaria.

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Cross references

  • 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.

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  • 2 Kings 10:26–27

    And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.

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