Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 16:29
Twenty and two years - Rather, from a comparison between 1 Kings 15:10 and 1 Kings 22:51, not more than 21 years. Perhaps his reign did not much exceed 20 years. read more
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Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 16:30
See 1 Kings 16:33. The great sin of Ahab - that by which he differed from all his predecessors, and exceeded them in wickedness - was his introduction of the worship of Baal, consequent upon his marriage with Jezebel, and his formal establishment of this gross and palpable idolatry as the religion of the state. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 16:31
As if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam - Idolatries are not exclusive. Ahab, while he detested the pure worship of Yahweh, and allowed Jezebel to put to death every “prophet of the Lord” whom she could find 1 Kings 18:4, readily tolerated the continued worship of the “calves,” which had no doubt tended more and more to lose its symbolic character, and to become a thoroughly idolatrous image-worship.Eth-baal - Identified with the Ithobalus of Menander, who... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 16:29-31
1 Kings 16:29-31. In the thirty and eighth year of Asa, &c. Asa saw six kings of Israel buried, while Judah flourished under him, the length of whose reign was doubtless a great advantage to them. Began Ahab the son of Omri to reign Of whom we have more particulars recorded than of any of the other kings of Israel, and almost all of an infamous nature. For he did evil above all that were before him He exceeded all his predecessors in wickedness, and reigned over Israel twenty-two... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 16:32-33
1 Kings 16:32-33. And he reared up an altar for Baal On which to offer sacrifices to him, whereby they acknowledged their dependance upon him, and sought his favour. In the house of Baal which he had built in Samaria The royal city, for the convenience of his worship. Because the temple of God was in Jerusalem, the royal city in the other kingdom, he would have Baal’s temple in Samaria, that, being near him, he might the more frequently attend it, protect, and put honour upon it. And... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 16:29-34
16:29-22:53 MINISTRY OF ELIJAHJezebel’s Baalism in Israel (16:29-17:24)In a new political alliance, Ahab, the new king of Israel, married Jezebel, daughter of the king-priest of Phoenicia. Ahab not only accepted his wife’s Baalism, but also gave it official status in Israel by building a Baal temple in the capital (29-33). The Baalism imported by Jezebel was of a kind far more evil and far more dangerous to Israel’s religion than the common Canaanite Baalism practised at the high places.... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 16:29
twenty and two years. For spiritual significance, see note on 1 Kings 14:20 , and App-10 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 16:30
above all. The reign of Ahab opens a new era in Israel's history. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 16:31
Jezebel , daughter of a regicide and fratricide (Josephus c. Apion 1, 18, Antiquities viii. 3, 1), priest of the Phoenician goddess Astarte. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 16:32
And he reared up an altar for Baal in [Heb. omits in ; cf. 1 Kings 15:15 , etc.] the house of Baal [A temple, we can hardly doubt, of considerable splendour. Jezebel would not be satisfied with less], which he had built in Samaria [According to 2 Kings 3:2 , 2 Kings 10:27 , he also raised a pillar (A.V. image ) in the house of Baal. We learn from Dius and Menander that Hiram had raised a golden pillar to Baal in Tyre. Perhaps Ahab may have copied this. But it is probable... read more