1 Kings 16:32
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
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We have here the beginning of the reign of Ahab, of whom we have more particulars recorded than of any of the kings of Israel. We have here only a general idea given us of him, as the worst of all the…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
in the house of Baal The LXX. renders by ἐν οἴκῳ τῶν προσοχθισμάτων αὐτοῦ = in the house of his abominations. This is after the fashion of the Jews who preferred to use the word -bosheth" = shame,…