2 Kings 10:27

Baal

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.

²⁶ They brought out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.

They also demolished the sacred pillar of Baal. Then they tore down the temple of Baal and made it into a latrine, which it is to this day.

²⁸ Thus Jehu eradicated Baal from Israel,

²⁹ but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.

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BSB: They also demolished the sacred pillar of Baal. Then they tore down the temple of Baal and made it into a latrine, which it is to this day.
KJV: And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
WEB: They broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine, to this day.
ASV: And they brake down the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house, unto this day.
DARBY: and they broke down the column of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house to this day.
BLB: And they broke down the pillar of the Baal and broke down the house of the Baal, and made it a latrine to this day.

ÅB: og Ba'als egen støtte rev de ned; og Ba'als hus rev de ned og gjorde det til vannhuser, som er der den dag idag.
OTB: De rev også ned minnesteinen til Ba’al og rev ned Ba’als hus, og gjorde det til en latrine til denne dag.
B1930: og Ba'als egen støtte rev de ned; og Ba'als hus rev de ned og gjorde det til vannhuser, som er der den dag idag.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezra 6:11
I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.
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Daniel 3:29
Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”
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Daniel 2:5
The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.
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1 Kings 16:32
First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.
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Deuteronomy 7:25
You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
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2 Chronicles 34:3–7
In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.
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2 Kings 18:4
He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.
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Deuteronomy 7:5
Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.
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