The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.
2 Kings 10:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 They brought out the pillar that was in the temple of Baal and burned it. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They brought out the pillars or obelisks of the house of Baal and burned them. American Standard Version (1901) And they brought forth the pillars that were in the house of Baal, and burned them. Common English Bible They brought the sacred pillar out of Baal’s temple and burned it. Catholic Public Domain Version and they took away the statue from the shine of Baal, and they burned it up Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And brought the statue out of Baal's temple, and burnt it, |
The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.
For they also built for themselves high places, pillars, and sacred poles on every high hill and under every green tree;
He also removed his mother Maacah from being queen mother, because she had made an abominable image for Asherah; Asa cut down her image and burned it at the Wadi Kidron.
He erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal that he built in Samaria.
Then all the people of the land went to the house of Baal and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces, and they killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of the altars. The priest posted guards over the house of the Lord.
He removed the high places, broke down the pillars, and cut down the sacred pole. He broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it; it was called Nehushtan.
and have hurled their gods into the fire, though they were no gods but the work of human hands—wood and stone—and so they were destroyed.
The altars on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz that the kings of Judah had made and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord he pulled down from there and broke in pieces and threw the rubble into the Wadi Kidron.
The king commanded the high priest Hilkiah, the priests of the second order, and the guardians of the threshold to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
He brought out the image of Asherah from the house of the Lord, outside Jerusalem, to the Wadi Kidron, burned it at the Wadi Kidron, beat it to dust, and threw the dust of it upon the graves of the common people.
He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, though not like his father and mother, for he removed the pillar of Baal that his father had made.
They abandoned their gods there, and at David’s command they were burned.
he broke down the altars, beat the sacred poles and the images into powder, and demolished all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be expiated, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces; no sacred poles or incense altars will remain standing.
But this is how you must deal with them: break down their altars, smash their pillars, cut down their sacred poles, and burn their idols with fire.