Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And all the people went into the house of Baal, and destroyed it: and they broke down his altars and his idols: and they slew Mathan the priest of Baal before the altars. the house of Baal 2 Chronicles 34:4,7 And they broke down before him the altars of Baalim, and demolished the idols that had been set upon them: and he cut down the groves and the graven things, and broke them in pieces: and strewed the fragments upon the graves of them that had sacrificed to them. . . . 2 Kings 10:25-28 And it came to pass, when the burnt offering was ended, that Jehu commanded his soldiers and captains, saying: Go in, and kill them: let none escape. And the soldiers and captains slew them with the edge of the sword, and cast them out: and they went into the city of the temple of Baal, . . . 2 Kings 11:18 And 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 18:4 He destroyed the high places, and broke the statues in pieces, and cut down the groves, and broke the brazen serpent, which Moses had made: for till that time the children of Israel burnt incense to it: and he called its name Nohestan. brake his altars Deuteronomy 12:3 Overthrow their altars, and break down their statues, burn their groves with fire, and break their idols in pieces: destroy their names out of those places. Isaiah 2:18 And idols shall be utterly destroyed. Zechariah 13:2,3 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will destroy the names of idols out of the earth, and they shall be remembered no more: and I will take away the false prophets, and the unclean spirit out of the earth. . . . slew Mattan Deuteronomy 13:5,9 And that prophet or forger of dreams shall be slain: because he spoke to draw you away from the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you from the house of bondage: to make thee go out of the way, which the Lord thy God commanded thee: and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee. . . . 1 Kings 18:40 And Elias said to them: Take the prophets of Baal, and let not one of them escape. And when they had taken them, Elias brought them down to the torrent Cison, and killed them there. 2 Kings 11:18,19 And 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. . . . Context Jehoiada Restores the Worship of the LORD16And Joiada made a covenant between himself and all the people, and the king, that they should be the people of the lord. 17And all the people went into the house of Baal, and destroyed it: and they broke down his altars and his idols: and they slew Mathan the priest of Baal before the altars.18And Joiada appointed overseers in the house of the Lord, under the hands of the priests, and the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the Lord: to offer holocausts to the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with joy and singing, according to the disposition of David.… Cross References Deuteronomy 13:6 If thy brother the son of thy mother, or thy son, or daughter, or thy wife that is in thy bosom, or thy friend, whom thou lovest as thy own soul, would persuade thee secretly, saying: Let us go, and serve strange gods, which thou knowest not, nor thy fathers, 1 Kings 18:40 And Elias said to them: Take the prophets of Baal, and let not one of them escape. And when they had taken them, Elias brought them down to the torrent Cison, and killed them there. Lexicon So allכָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every the people הָעָ֤ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock went וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go to the temple בֵּית־ (bêṯ-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house of Baal הַבַּ֙עַל֙ (hab·ba·‘al) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1168: Baal -- a heathen god and tore it down. וַֽיִּתְּצֻ֔הוּ (way·yit·tə·ṣu·hū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5422: To pull down, break down They smashed the altars מִזְבְּחֹתָ֥יו (miz·bə·ḥō·ṯāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar and idols צְלָמָ֖יו (ṣə·lā·māw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6754: A phantom, illusion, resemblance, a representative figure, an idol into pieces שִׁבֵּ֑רוּ (šib·bê·rū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 7665: To break, break in pieces and killed הָרְג֖וּ (hā·rə·ḡū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 2026: To smite with deadly intent Mattan מַתָּן֙ (mat·tān) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4977: Mattan -- a priest of Baal, also a man of Judah the priest כֹּהֵ֣ן (kō·hên) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3548: Priest of Baal הַבַּ֔עַל (hab·ba·‘al) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1168: Baal -- a heathen god in front of לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face the altars. הַֽמִּזְבְּחֽוֹת׃ (ham·miz·bə·ḥō·wṯ) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4196: An altar Additional Translations So all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols into pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and tore down it and its altars, and they ground his images to powder, and they slew Matthan the priest of Baal before his altars. And all the people went into the house of Baal, and broke it down; and they broke his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. All the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke his altars and his images in pieces, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. and all the people enter the house of Baal, and break it down, yea, his altars and his images they have broken, and Mattan priest of Baal they have slain before the altars. 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