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1 Kings 16:32

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What does 1 Kings 16:32 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
1 Kings 16:32 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Kings 16

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
29And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
30And Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah above all that were before him.
31And 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 Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
32And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
33And Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did yet more to provoke Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
34In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof with the loss of Abiram his first-born, and set up the gates thereof with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.] That he might not go so far as Tyre or Zidon; and for his wife’s convenience also he built a temple in Samaria for Baal, and erected an altar there to offer sacrifices upon it unto him; so open and daring was he in his idolatrous practices.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“reared up an altar for Baal--that is, the sun, worshipped under various images. Ahab set up one (Kg2 3:2), probably as the Tyrian Hercules, in the temple in Samaria. No human sacrifices were offered--the fire was kept constantly burning --the priests officiated barefoot. Dancing and kissing the image (Kg1 19:18) were among the principal rites.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“the house of Baal: Kg2 10:21, Kg2 10:26, Kg2 10:27 3 Kings (1 Kings) 16:33”
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