2 Kings 10:27
And broke it in pieces. They destroyed also the temple of Baal, and made a jakes in its place unto this day.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
26And brought the statue out of Baal's temple, and burnt it,
28So Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel:
Cross References
Exodus 34:13But destroy their altars, break their statues, and cut down their groves:
Deuteronomy 7:5But thus rather shall you deal with them: Destroy their altars, and break their statues, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven things.
1 Kings 16:32And he set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria,
2 Kings 11:18And all the people of the land went into the temple of Baal, and broke down his altars, and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly: they slew also Mathan the priest of Baal before the altar. And the priest set guards in the house of the Lord.
2 Kings 23:7He destroyed also the pavilions of the effeminate, which were in the house of the Lord, for which the women wove as it were little dwellings for the grove.
Ezra 6:11And I have made a decree: That ii any whosoever, shall alter this commandment, a beam be taken from his house. and set up, and he be nailed upon it, and his house be confiscated.
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 →