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Text -- 1 Kings 16:33 (NET)

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16:33 Ahab also made an Asherah pole; he did more to anger the Lord God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
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Names, People and Places:
 · Ahab son and successor of Omri, king of Israel,son of Kolaiah; a false prophet in the time of King Zedekiah
 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel


Dictionary Themes and Topics: SAMARIA | Rulers | PHOENICIA; PHOENICIANS | JEZREEL | JEHOAHAZ | ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 3 | IMAGES | ELIJAH | Baasha | Baal | Asherah | Ahab | APOSTASY; APOSTATE | more
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JFB: 1Ki 16:29-33 - -- The worship of God by symbols had hitherto been the offensive form of apostasy in Israel, but now gross idolatry is openly patronized by the court. Th...

The worship of God by symbols had hitherto been the offensive form of apostasy in Israel, but now gross idolatry is openly patronized by the court. This was done through the influence of Jezebel, Ahab's queen. She was "the daughter of Eth-baal, king of the Zidonians." He was priest of Ashtaroth or Astarte, who, having murdered Philetes, king of Tyre, ascended the throne of that kingdom, being the eighth king since Hiram. Jezebel was the wicked daughter of this regicide and idol priest--and, on her marriage with Ahab, never rested till she had got all the forms of her native Tyrian worship introduced into her adopted country.

Clarke: 1Ki 16:33 - -- Ahab made a grove - אשרה Asherah , Astarte, or Venus; what the Syriac calls an idol, and the Arabic, a tall tree; probably meaning, by the last...

Ahab made a grove - אשרה Asherah , Astarte, or Venus; what the Syriac calls an idol, and the Arabic, a tall tree; probably meaning, by the last, an image of Priapus, the obscene keeper of groves, orchards, and gardens.

TSK: 1Ki 16:33 - -- made a grove : Exo 34:13; 2Ki 13:6, 2Ki 17:16, 2Ki 21:3; Jer 17:1, Jer 17:2 did more to provoke : 1Ki 16:30, 1Ki 21:19, 1Ki 21:25, 1Ki 22:6, 1Ki 22:8

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Poole: 1Ki 16:33 - -- Ahab made a grove against God’ s express prohibition, Deu 7:5 .

Ahab made a grove against God’ s express prohibition, Deu 7:5 .

Gill: 1Ki 16:33 - -- And Ahab made a grove,.... About the temple of Baal, or elsewhere, in which he placed an idol, and where all manner of filthiness was secretly committ...

And Ahab made a grove,.... About the temple of Baal, or elsewhere, in which he placed an idol, and where all manner of filthiness was secretly committed; or rather "Asherah", rendered "grove", is Astarte, the goddess of the Zidonians, an image of which Ahab made:

and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him: his idolatries being more open and barefaced, and without any excuse, presence, or colour, as well as more numerous.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Ki 16:33 Heb “Ahab”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“he”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: 1Ki 16:1-34 - --1 Jehu's prophecy against Baasha.5 Elah succeeds him.8 Zimri, conspiring against Elah, succeeds him.11 Zimri executes Jehu's prophecy.15 Omri, made ki...

MHCC: 1Ki 16:29-34 - --Ahab did evil above all that reigned before him, and did it with a particular enmity both against Jehovah and Israel. He was not satisfied with breaki...

Matthew Henry: 1Ki 16:29-34 - -- We have here the beginning of the reign of Ahab, of whom we have more particulars recorded than of any of the kings of Israel. We have here only a g...

Keil-Delitzsch: 1Ki 16:33 - -- "And Ahab made את־האשׁרה , i.e., the Asherah belonging to the temple of Baal"(see at Jdg 6:25 and Exo 34:13), an idol of Astarte (see at 1K...

Constable: 1Ki 16:29--22:41 - --1. Ahab's evil reign in Israel 16:29-22:40 Ahab ruled Israel from Samaria for 22 years (874-853 ...

Constable: 1Ki 16:29-34 - --Ahab's wickedness 16:29-34 Verses 30 and 33 bracket and set forth Ahab's unusual wickedn...

Guzik: 1Ki 16:1-34 - --1 Kings 16 - Five Successive Kings of Israel A. Two short dynasties over Israel: Baasha and Zimri. 1. (1-4) Baasha's rebuke and prophecy of judgment...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: 1 Kings (Book Introduction) THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS, in the ancient copies of the Hebrew Bible, constitute one book. Various titles have been given them; in the Septu...

JFB: 1 Kings (Outline) ABISHAG CHERISHES DAVID IN HIS EXTREME AGE. (1Ki 1:1-4) ADONIJAH USURPS THE KINGDOM. (1Ki. 1:5-31) SOLOMON, BY DAVID'S APPOINTMENT, IS ANOINTED KING....

TSK: 1 Kings 16 (Chapter Introduction) Overview 1Ki 16:1, Jehu’s prophecy against Baasha; 1Ki 16:5, Elah succeeds him; 1Ki 16:8, Zimri, conspiring against Elah, succeeds him; 1Ki 16:1...

Poole: 1 Kings (Book Introduction) FIRST BOOK OF KINGS COMMONLY CALLED THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS THE ARGUMENT THESE two Books called Of the Kings, because they treat of the kings of...

Poole: 1 Kings 16 (Chapter Introduction) KINGS CHAPTER 16 Jehu prophesieth against Baasha, 1Ki 16:1-7 , Elah succeedeth him: him Zimri slayeth and succeedeth: he, besieged by Omri, burneth...

MHCC: 1 Kings (Book Introduction) The history now before us accounts for the affairs of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel, yet with special regard to the kingdom of God among them; for ...

MHCC: 1 Kings 16 (Chapter Introduction) (1Ki 16:1-14) The reigns of Baasha and Elah in Israel. (1Ki 16:15-28) Reigns of Zimri and Omri in Israel. (1Ki 16:29-34) Ahab's wickedness, Hiel reb...

Matthew Henry: 1 Kings (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The First Book of Kings Many histories are books of kings and their reigns, to which the affairs of the...

Matthew Henry: 1 Kings 16 (Chapter Introduction) This chapter relates wholly to the kingdom of Israel, and the revolutions of that kingdom - many in a little time. The utter ruin of Jeroboam's fam...

Constable: 1 Kings (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The Books of 1 and 2 Kings received their names because they docume...

Constable: 1 Kings (Outline) Outline I. The reign of Solomon chs. 1-11 A. Solomon's succession to David's throne 1:1-2:12...

Constable: 1 Kings 1 Kings Bibliography Aharoni, Yohanan. "The Building Activities of David and Solomon." Israel Exploration Journ...

Haydock: 1 Kings (Book Introduction) THE THIRD BOOK OF KINGS. INTRODUCTION. This and the following Book are called by the holy Fathers, The Third and Fourth Book of Kings; but b...

Gill: 1 Kings (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS This, and the following book, properly are but one book, divided into two parts, and went with the Jews under the common na...

Gill: 1 Kings 16 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 16 This chapter contains a prophecy of the ruin of the family of Baasha, and an account of his death, 1Ki 16:1, and of his ...

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