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2 Kings 10:23

BaalJehuJonadabRechab

21 Then Jehu sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; there was not a man who failed to show. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from end to end.

22 And Jehu said to the keeper of the wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out garments for them.

Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”

24 And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and warned them, “If anyone allows one of the men I am delivering into your hands to escape, he will forfeit his life for theirs.”

25 When he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.

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BSB
Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”
KJV
And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only.
WEB
Jehu went with Jehonadab the son of Rechab into the house of Baal. Then he said to the worshipers of Baal, “Search, and see that none of the servants of the LORD are here with you, but only the worshipers of Baal.”
ASV
And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal; and he said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of Jehovah, but the worshippers of Baal only.
DARBY
And Jehu and Jehonadab the son of Rechab entered into the house of Baal, and said to the servants of Baal, Search, and see that there be here with you none of the servants of Jehovah, but the servants of Baal only.
BLB
And Jehu went, and Jonadab son of Rechab, into the house of the Baal, and they said to the worshipers of the Baal, “Search and see that are here with you⁺ no servants of YHWH, for but the worshipers of the Baal only.”
ÅB
Da nå Jehu sammen med Jonadab, Rekabs sønn, kom til Ba'als hus, sa han til Ba'als tjenere: Se nøye etter at det ikke er noen av Herrens tjenere her iblant dere, men bare Ba'als-tjenere!
OTB
Så gikk Jehu og Jonadab, sønn av Rekab, inn i Ba’als hus, og han sa til Ba’als tilbedere, “Søk nøye og se at det ikke er her med dere noen av Herrens tjenere, men bare Ba’als tilbedere.”
B1930
Da nu Jehu sammen med Jonadab, Rekabs sønn, kom til Ba'als hus, sa han til Ba'als tjenere: Se nøie efter at det ikke er nogen av Herrens tjenere her iblandt eder, men bare Ba'als-tjenere!

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Cross references

  • Matthew 13:30

    Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

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  • Matthew 25:32–33

    All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

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  • Matthew 13:41

    The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.

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