2 Kings 10:27
And they broke down the statue of Ba'al, and broke down the house of Ba'al, and made it a common sewer unto this day.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
26And they brought forth the statues out of the house of Ba'al, and burnt every one of them.
28Thus Jehu exterminated Ba'al out of Israel.
Cross References
Exodus 34:13But their altars shall ye destroy, and their statues shall ye break, and their groves shall ye cut down.
Deuteronomy 7:5But thus shall ye do unto them: their altars shall ye pull down, and their statues shall ye break, and their groves shall ye cut down, and their graven images shall ye burn with fire.
1 Kings 16:32And he erected an altar for Ba'al in the house of Ba'al, which he had built in Samaria.
2 Kings 11:18And then came all the people of the land into the house of Ba'al, and pulled it down: his altars and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly, and Mattan the priest of Ba'al they slew before the altars. And the priest appointed superintendents over the house of the Lord.
2 Kings 23:7And he pulled down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
Ezra 6:11Also is by me the order given, that if any man should alter this command, timber shall be pulled down from his house, and being set up, he shall be hanged thereon; and his house shall 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 →