King James Version
1 Kings 16:32 in the King James Version says “And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.”
1 Kings 16:32 · KJV
And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.
And 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 Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. as if: Heb. was it a light thing, etc
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And he reared up”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“in the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
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