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32 First Ahab built a temple and an altar for Baal in Samaria.

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32 He set up an altar(A) for Baal in the temple(B) of Baal that he built in Samaria.

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21 He sent messengers throughout all Israel summoning those who worshiped Baal. They all came—not a single one remained behind—and they filled the temple of Baal from one end to the other.

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21 Then he sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; not one stayed away. They crowded into the temple of Baal until it was full from one end to the other.

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26 They dragged out the sacred pillar[a] used in the worship of Baal and burned it. 27 They smashed the sacred pillar and wrecked the temple of Baal, converting it into a public toilet, as it remains to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:26 As in Greek and Syriac versions and Latin Vulgate; Hebrew reads sacred pillars.

26 They brought the sacred stone(A) out of the temple of Baal and burned it. 27 They demolished the sacred stone of Baal and tore down the temple(B) of Baal, and people have used it for a latrine to this day.

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