2 Kings 11:18

And 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.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

In Context

17And Jehoiada solemnised a covenant between Yahweh, and the king, and the people, that they should become a people unto Yahweh,—also between the king and the people.

19And he took the captains of hundreds and the Carian bodyguard, and the runners, and all the people of the land, and they brought down the king out of the house of Yahweh, and they came, by way of the gate of the runners, into the house of the king,—and he took his seat on the throne of the kings;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:3And ye must tear down their altars And break in pieces their pillars, And, their sacred stems, must ye consume with fire, And the carved images of their gods, must ye fell to the ground,—And destroy their name out of that place.

Deuteronomy 13:6When thy brother—son of thine own mother or thine own son or thine own daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend who is as thine own soul, shall entice thee secretly, saying,—Let us go and serve other gods, whom thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

Deuteronomy 13:10And thou shalt stone him with stones that he die,—for he hath sought to seduce thee from Yahweh thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants.

2 Kings 9:25Then said he unto Bidkar his officer, Take [him] up, [and] cast him forth, into the field-portion of Naboth the Jezreelite,—for remember, when I and thou were riding as a couple together after Ahab his father, that, Yahweh, laid upon him this doom:

2 Kings 10:26and brought forth the idolatrous pillars that were in the house of Baal, and then burned it;

2 Kings 18:4He, removed the high places, and brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Sacred Stem,—and beat in pieces the serpent of bronze that, Moses, had made, because, until those days, had the sons of Israel been burning incense thereunto, so he called it Nehushtan.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 11:18-21

17 And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord 's people; between the king also and the people. 18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the Lord . 19 And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land;… Read the whole commentary →

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