2 Kings 10:27
and they broke down the column of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house to this day.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
26and brought forth the columns out of the house of Baal, and burned them;
28Thus Jehu extirpated Baal out of Israel.
Cross References
Exodus 34:13but ye shall demolish their altars, shatter their statues, and hew down their Asherahs.
Deuteronomy 7:5But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and shatter their statues, and hew down their Asherahs, and burn their graven images with fire.
1 Kings 16:32And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.
2 Kings 11:18Then all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and broke it down: his altars and his images they broke in pieces completely, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of Jehovah.
2 Kings 23:7And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, which were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove tents for the Asherah.
Ezra 6:11Also I have given order that whosoever shall alter this rescript, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon, and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
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 →