KJV ORIGINAL
And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ 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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