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Ahab Reigns in Israel, Marries Jezebel

1 Kings 16:32

In 11 translations

BSB
First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.
KJV
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
WEB
He raised up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
ASV
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
LSV
and raises up an altar for Ba‘al in the house of the Ba‘al, which he built in Samaria;
YLT
and raiseth up an altar for Baal, in the house of the Baal, that he built in Samaria;
DBY
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.
DRC
And he set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria,
GNV
Also he reared vp an altar to Baal in the house of Baal, which he had buylt in Samaria.
JPS
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
LXXE
And he set up an altar to Baal in the house of his abominations, which he built in Samaria.Or, provocations, etc.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּ֥קֶם מִזְבֵּ֖חַ לַבָּ֑עַל בֵּ֣ית הַבַּ֔עַל אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנָ֖ה בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔστησε θυσιαστήριον τῷ Βάαλ ἐν οἴκῳ τῶν προσοχθισμάτων αὐτοῦ, ὃν ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ.

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  • 2 Kings 10:21Then Jehu sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; there was not a man who failed to show. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from end to end.
  • 2 Kings 10:26–27They brought out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it. They also demolished the sacred pillar of Baal. Then they tore down the temple of Baal and made it into a latrine, which it is to this day.

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