Graphic Bible · Scene 16 of 17

Ahab establishes Baal’s altar and Asherah in Samaria without presenting this as Yahweh worship.
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1 Kings 16:32-33

Baal’s house and Asherah

The House of Omri and Ahab · 1 Kings 16

Story guide: Ahab's altar for Baal and the Asherah stand in Samaria, shown as idolatrous rather than as worship of Yahweh.

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32He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

33Ahab also made a sacred symbol of Asherah. He went on to do more to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger than any of the kings of Israel before him.

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