1 Kings 16:32 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

He set up an altar to worship Baal inside the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse describes how King Ahab built a temple and altar dedicated to the false god Baal in Israel's capital city.

📚 Historical Context

This verse refers to King Ahab of Israel (874-853 BC), who married the pagan princess Jezebel and introduced widespread Baal worship into Israel. Baal was a Canaanite fertility god, and building this temple in Samaria, Israel's capital, represented a direct challenge to the worship of the true God. This act was considered one of the most wicked things any king of Israel had done.

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