1st Kings Chapter 16 verse 32 Holy Bible
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
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And he put up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he had made in Samaria.
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And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.
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And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
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And he erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
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He reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
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and raiseth up an altar for Baal, in the house of the Baal, that he built in Samaria;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 32. - And he reared up an altar for Baal in [Heb. omits in; cf. 1 Kings 15:15, etc.] the house of Baal [A temple, we can hardly doubt, of considerable splendour. Jezebel would not be satisfied with less], which he had built in Samaria [According to 2 Kings 3:2; 2 Kings 10:27, he also raised a pillar (A.V. image) in the house of Baal. We learn from Dius and Menander that Hiram had raised a golden pillar to Baal in Tyre. Perhaps Ahab may have copied this. But it is probable that this image, which represented the generative powers of nature, was an essential part of the impure worship of Baal. The house and its contents alike were destroyed by Jehu (2 Kings 10:27).