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2 Kings 10:26

And they took out the image of Asherah from the house of Baal, and had it burned.

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In The King James Version

And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.

In Context

25Then when the burned offering was ended, straight away Jehu said to the armed men and the captains, Go in and put them to death; let not one come out. So they put them to the sword; and, pulling the images to the earth, they went into the holy place of the house of Baal.

27The altar of Baal was pulled down and the house of Baal was broken up and made an unclean place, as it is to this day.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:21And the Philistines, when they went in flight, did not take their images with them, and David and his men took them away.

1 Kings 15:13And he would not let Maacah his mother be queen, because she had made a disgusting image for Asherah; and Asa had the image cut down and burned by the stream Kidron.

2 Kings 11:18Then all the people of the land went to the house of Baal and had it pulled down: its altars and images were all broken to bits, and Mattan, the priest of Baal, they put to death before the altars. And the priest put overseers over the Lord's house.

2 Kings 19:18And have given their gods to the fire; for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.

2 Kings 23:6And he took the Asherah from the house of the Lord, outside Jerusalem to the stream Kidron, burning it by the stream and crushing it to dust, and he put the dust on the place where the bodies of the common people were put to rest.

1 Chronicles 14:12And the Philistines did not take their images with them in their flight; and at David's orders they were burned with fire.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 10:16-29

Interview between Jehu and Jehonadab; the Worshippers of Baal Destroyed. ( b. c. 884.) 15 And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot. 16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord . So they made him ride in his chariot. 17 And when he… Read the whole commentary →

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