1Ki 16:31-34 - Commentary

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Text -- 1 Kings 16:31-34 (NET)

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16:31 As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal. 16:32 He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal he had built in Samaria. 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. 16:34 During Ahab’s reign, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates, just as the Lord had warned through Joshua son of Nun.

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· Abiram son of Eliab (Reuben); a rebel against Moses,son of Hiel, who died when his father began rebuilding Jericho

· Ahab son and successor of Omri, king of Israel,son of Kolaiah; a false prophet in the time of King Zedekiah

· Baal a pagan god,a title of a pagan god,a town in the Negeb on the border of Simeon and Judah,son of Reaiah son of Micah; a descendant of Reuben,the forth son of Jeiel, the Benjamite

· Bethel a town of Benjamin bordering Ephraim 18 km north of Jerusalem

· Ethbaal king of the Sidonians; father of Jezebel

· Hiel a man from Bethel who rebuilt Jericho

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Jericho a town five miles west of the Jordan and 15 miles northeast of Jerusalem,a town of Benjamin 11 km NW of the mouth of the Jordan River

· Jeroboam son of Nebat; first king of Israel after it split away from Judah; Jeroboam I,son and successor of Joash/Jehoash, King of Israel; Jeroboam II

· Jezebel the wife of King Ahab of Israel,wife of Ahab and mother of Jehoram, kings of Israel; daughter of Ethbaal, the king of the Sidonians

· Joshua a son of Eliezer; the father of Er; an ancestor of Jesus,the son of Nun and successor of Moses,son of Nun of Ephraim; successor to Moses,a man: owner of the field where the ark stopped,governor of Jerusalem under King Josiah,son of Jehozadak; high priest in the time of Zerubbabel

· Nebat a man of Ephraim; father of king Jeroboam

· Nun son of Elishama; father of Joshua (Ephraim), Moses' aide

· Samaria residents of the district of Samaria

· Segub the youngest son of Hiel who rebuilt Jericho,son of Hezron of Judah and grandson of Machir son of Manasseh

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NET Notes: 1Ki 16:31 The Canaanites worshiped Baal as a storm and fertility god.

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

NET Notes: 1Ki 16:34 Warned through Joshua son of Nun. For the background to this statement, see Josh 6:26, where Joshua pronounces a curse on the one who dares to rebuild...

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