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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 3:2

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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3:2 Ahab apparently erected the sacred pillar (or stela) of Baal when instituting Baal worship (see 1 Kgs 16:32-33). Similar stones were also erected to pagan deities in Judah (1 Kgs 14:23); such pillars were later purged by Jehu (2 Kgs 10:26-27) and Josiah (23:13-15).
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