1 Kings 16:32
What does 1 Kings 16:32 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 16:32 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And he put up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he had made in Samaria.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and raiseth up an altar for Baal, in the house of the Baal, that he built in Samaria;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And he set up an altar for Baal, in the temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria;
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.
Context
v.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.
v.32This passage
v.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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn 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 filled from one end to another.
- 2 Kings 10:26
And they brought forth the pillars that were in the house of Baal, and burned them.
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