"And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. {images: Heb. statues}" — 2 Kings 10:26

2 Kings 10:26 · KJV

“And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. {images: Heb. statues}”

— 2 Kings 10:26

And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, {and} slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast {them} out, and went to the city of the house of Baal. {the edge: Heb. the mouth}

Verse 27

And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.

2 Kings 10 — Context

And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, {If} any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, {he that letteth him go}, his life {shall be} for the life of him.

And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. {images: Heb. statues}

And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.

Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:23

For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. {images: or, standing images, or, statues}

2 Kings 19:18

And have cast their gods into the fire: for they {were} no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. {cast: Heb. given}

2 Samuel 5:21

And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. {burned...: or, took them away}

2 Kings 3:2

And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made. {image: Heb. statue}

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