1 Kings 16:32
Good News Translation
He built a temple to Baal in Samaria, made an altar for him, and put it in the temple.

New Revised Standard Version
He erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.

Contemporary English Version
Ahab built an altar and temple for Baal in Samaria

New American Bible
Ahab set up an altar to Baal in the house of Baal which he built in Samaria,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he set up an altar for Baal, in the temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria;

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And he set up an altar for Baal, in the temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria;

the house of Baal

2 Kings 10:21,26,27 And he sent into all the borders of Israel; and all the servants of Baal came: there was not one left that did not come. And they went into the temple of Baal: and the house of Baal was filled, from one end to the other. . . .

Context
Ahab Reigns in Israel, Marries Jezebel
31Nor was it enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat: but he also took to wife Jezabel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians. And he went, and served Baal, and adored him. 32And he set up an altar for Baal, in the temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria;33And he planted a grove: and Achab did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, than all the kings of Israel that were before him.…
Cross References
2 Kings 3:2
And he did evil before the Lord, but not like his father and his mother: for he took away the statues of Baal, which his father had made.

2 Kings 10:18
And Jehu gathered together all the people, and said to them: Achab worshipped Baal a little, but I will worship him more.

2 Kings 10:21
And he sent into all the borders of Israel; and all the servants of Baal came: there was not one left that did not come. And they went into the temple of Baal: and the house of Baal was filled, from one end to the other.

2 Kings 10:26
And brought the statue out of Baal's temple, and burnt it,

1 Kings 16:31
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