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1 Kings 16:32
1 Kings 16:32 is verse 32 of 1 Kings chapter 16, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.
King James Version
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
World English Bible
He raised up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
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1 Kings 16:30–34 · Berean Standard Bible
30 However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.
31 And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.
32 First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.
33 Then he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.
34 In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Kings 10:21Then Jehu sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; there was not a man who failed to show. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from end to end.
2 Kings 10:26They brought out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.
2 Kings 10:27They also demolished the sacred pillar of Baal. Then they tore down the temple of Baal and made it into a latrine, which it is to this day.