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1 Kings 16:33

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And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.
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  1. 2 Kings 13:6Rank 1 from verse 33
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    6Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.)

  2. 1 Kings 21:25Rank 2 from verse 33
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    25¶ But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

  3. 2 Kings 21:3Rank 3 from verse 33
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    3For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

  4. Exodus 34:13Rank 4 from verse 33
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    13But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

  5. 1 Kings 14:9Rank 5 from verse 33
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    9But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back:

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1 Kings 16:33

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made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

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grove

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A planted group or place of trees; a grove or image associated with idolatrous worship.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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anger

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Sense 1: Strong displeasure or indignation. Sense 2: As a verb, to provoke to such displeasure.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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32And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

33And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.

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34¶ In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.

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