2 Kings 10:27
and they brake down the pillars of Baal,—and brake down the house of Baal, and appointed it for a sewer-house—until this day.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
26and brought forth the idolatrous pillars that were in the house of Baal, and then burned it;
28Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
Cross References
Exodus 34:13For their altars, shall ye smash, And their pillars, shall ye shiver,—And their sacred-stems, shall ye fell.
Deuteronomy 7:5Verily, thus, shall ye do unto them: Their altars, shall ye tear down, And their pillars, shall ye break in pieces,—And their sacred stems, shall ye hew down, And their carved images, shall ye burn up in the fire.
1 Kings 16:32And he reared an altar unto Baal,—in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria.
2 Kings 11:18And all the people of the land entered the house of Baal, and brake it down, his altars and his images, brake they in pieces, utterly, and, Mattan the priest of Baal, they slew before the altars,—and the priest appointed officers over the house of Yahweh.
2 Kings 23:7and he brake down the houses of the male devotees, which were in the house of Yahweh,—where the women did weave houses to the Sacred Stem;
Ezra 6:11And, from me, is issued an edict, that, any man who shall alter this message, let timber be torn out of his house, and being lifted up let him be fastened thereunto,—and his house, a dunghill, be made 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 →