1 Kings 16:33 meaning and explanation
Then he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.
1 Kings 16:33, Berean Standard Bible
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Ahab, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, has just married Jezebel, a Sidonian princess, and begun promoting Baal worship in Samaria. Here he adds an Asherah pole, a wooden object representing the goddess Asherah, consort of Baal in Canaanite religion.
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