2 Kings 11:18 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁸ And all the people of the land went to the house of Baʽ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Then all the people of the land went to the house of Baal and destroyed it. His altar and his images they broke completely in pieces, and Mattan the priest of Baal they slew before the altars. And [Jehoiada] the priest appointed watchmen to guard the house of the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And all the people of the land went to 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 Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Then all the people of the land went to Baal’s temple and tore it down, smashing its altars and images into pieces. They executed Mattan, Baal’s priest, in front of the altars. The priest Jehoiada posted guards at the LORD’s temple.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And all the people of the land entered the temple of Baal, and they tore down his altars, and they thoroughly crushed the statues. Also, they killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, before the altar. And the priest placed guards in the house of the Lord.

2 Kings 11:18 Cross References

1 Kings 18:40

And Ě

2 Kings 10:21

And Yĕ

2 Kings 10:25

And it came to be, when he had finished making the burnt offering, Yĕ

2 Kings 10:26

and brought out the pillars of the house of Baʽ

2 Kings 10:27

and broke down the statue of Baʽ

2 Kings 18:4

He took away the high places and broke the pillars, and cut down the Ashĕ

2 Kings 23:10

And he defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, so that no man could make his son or his daughter pass through the fire to Moleḵ

2 Kings 23:14

And he broke in pieces the pillars and cut down the Ashĕ

2 Kings 23:20

And he slaughtered all the priests of the high places who were there, on the altars, and burned men’s bones on them, and went back to Yerushalayim.

2 Chronicles 21:17

And they came up into Yehuḏ

2 Chronicles 34:4

And they broke down the altars of the Baʽ

2 Chronicles 34:7

And he broke down the altars and the Ashĕ

Exodus 32:20

And he took the calf which they had made, and burned it in the fire, and ground it into powder, and scattered it on the face of the water and made the children of Yisra’ĕ

Isaiah 2:18

and the idols completely pass away.

Deuteronomy 12:2

“Completely destroy all the places where the nations which you are dispossessing served their mighty ones, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.

Deuteronomy 12:3

“And you shall break down their altars, and smash their pillars, and burn their Ashĕ

Deuteronomy 13:10

and you shall stone him with stones until he dies, because he sought to entice you away from יהוה  your Elohim, who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim, from the house of bondage.

Deuteronomy 13:5

“And that prophet or that dreamer of dreams is put to death, because he has spoken apostasy against יהוה  your Elohim – who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim and redeemed you from the house of bondage – to make you stray from the way in which יהוה  your Elohim commanded you to walk. Thus you shall purge the evil from your midst.

Deuteronomy 13:6

“When your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own being, entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other mighty ones’– which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers,

Deuteronomy 13:9

but you shall certainly kill him. Your hand is first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people,