32And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
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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.
And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 29-34)We have here the beginning of the reign of Ahab, of whom we have more particulars recorded than of any of the kings of Israel. We have here only a general idea given us of him, as the worst of all the kings, that we may expect what the particulars will be. He reigned twenty-two years, long enough to do a great deal of mischief. I. He exceeded all his predecessors in wickedness, did evil above all…
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