1 Kings 16:32 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³²And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

1 Kings 16:32 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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. …

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Ahab Altar Asnapper Baal Baalim Citizens Consecration Golden Altar

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…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 32)

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…