1 Kings 16:33

Contextual Overview

²⁹ Nowe Ahab the sonne of Omri began to reigne ouer Israel, in the eyght & thirtie yeere of Asa king of Iudah: and Ahab the sonne of Omri reigned ouer Israel in Samaria two & twety yere. ²⁹ In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Yehudah began Ach'av the son of `Omri to reign over Yisra'el: and Ach'av the son of `Omri reigned over Yisra'el in Shomron twenty-two years. ²⁹ Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel during the 38th year that Asa was king of Judah. Ahab ruled Israel from the town of Samaria for 22 years. ²⁹ In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. ²⁹Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria for twenty-two years. ²⁹ And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. ²⁹ In the thirty-eighth year that Asa was king of Judah, Ahab, the son of Omri, became king over Israel; and Ahab was king in Samaria for twenty-two years. ²⁹ Ahab son of Omri became king of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa's rule in Judah, and he ruled twenty-two years from Samaria. ²⁹ It was in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Y'hudah that Ach'av the son of ‘Omri began his rule over Isra'el; Ach'av the son of ‘Omri ruled twenty-two years over Isra'el in Shomron. ²⁹ And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

made a grove: Exodus 34:13, 2 Kings 13:6, 2 Kings 17:16, 2 Kings 21:3, Jeremiah 17:1, Jeremiah 17:2

did more to provoke: 1 Kings 16:30, 1 Kings 21:19, 1 Kings 21:25, 1 Kings 22:6, 1 Kings 22:8

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 16:21 - General Judges 3:7 - the groves 1 Kings 16:25 - did worse 1 Kings 18:19 - prophets of the groves 2 Kings 3:2 - but not 2 Kings 23:6 - the grove 2 Kings 23:19 - the kings

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 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, an image of Priapus, the obscene keeper of groves, orchards, and gardens.