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1 Kings 16:32–33

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16:32He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal he had built in Samaria. 16:33Ahab also made an Asherah pole; he37 did more to anger the Lord God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

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  1. 37 Heb “Ahab”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

He erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria. And Ahab made an Asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he built in Samaria. Ahab also made an Asherah pole and did more to arouse the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than did all the kings of Israel before him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria. Ahab also made an Asherah pole. Ahab did more to anger the Lord God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

NLTNew Living Translation

First Ahab built a temple and an altar for Baal in Samaria. Then he set up an Asherah pole. He did more to provoke the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, than any of the other kings of Israel before him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he built an altar to Baal in the house of Baal which he had built in Samaria. Ahab also made the sacred pole, and he continued to provoke Yahweh the God of Israel more than all the kings of Israel who were before him.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.