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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_kings/10.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_kings/10.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />They brought the sacred stone out of the temple of Baal and burned it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_kings/10.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />They dragged out the sacred pillar used in the worship of Baal and burned it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/10.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and they brought out the pillar that was in the house of Baal and burned it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/10.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They brought out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/10.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/10.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And they brought the <i>sacred</i> pillars out of the temple of Baal and burned them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/10.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />They brought out the memorial stones of the house of Baal and burned them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/10.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They brought out the sacred pillars of the house of Baal and burned them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/10.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And they brought out the <i>sacred</i> pillars of the house of Baal, and burned them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/10.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And they brought out the <i>sacred</i> pillars of the house of Baal and burned them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/10.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />They brought out the <i>sacred</i> pillars (obelisks) of the house of Baal and burned them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/10.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They brought out the pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/10.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They brought out the pillars of the temple of Baal and burned them<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/10.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they brought forth the pillars that were in the house of Baal, and burned them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/10.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and carried out the image of Baal. They burned it <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/10.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they brought forth the pillars that were in the house of Baal, and burned them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/10.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then they brought out the large sacred stone of the temple of Baal and burned it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/10.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />brought out the sacred pillar that was there, and burned it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/10.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />from which they brought out the sacred pillars and burned them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/10.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They brought out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/10.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They hauled out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/10.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They brought out the pillar that was in the house of Baal, and burned it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/10.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/10.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They brought out the pillars that were in the house of Baal and burned them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/10.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and bring out the standing-pillars of the house of Ba‘al, and burn them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/10.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and bring out the standing-pillars of the house of Baal, and burn them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/10.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will bring forth the pillars of the house of Baal, and they will burn them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/10.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And brought the statue out of Baal's temple, and burnt it, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/10.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />and they took away the statue from the shine of Baal, and they burned it up<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/10.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and took out the pillars of the temple of Baal. They burned the shrine,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/10.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They brought out the pillar that was in the temple of Baal, and burned it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/10.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they brought forth the statue of Baal out of the house of Baal and burned it with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/10.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they took out the statue of the house of Baala and they burned it in fire.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/10.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they brought forth the pillars that were in the house of Baal, and burned them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/10.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they brought out the pillar of Baal, and burnt it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/10-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=3670" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/10.htm">Jehu Kills the Priests of Baal</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>When he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: way·yō·ṣi·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">They brought out</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4676.htm" title="4676: maṣ·ṣə·ḇō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- A pillar, stump. Feminine participle of natsab; something stationed, i.e. A column or; by analogy, an idol.">the sacred pillar</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ- (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">of the temple</a> <a href="/hebrew/1168.htm" title="1168: hab·ba·‘al (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Baal -- a heathen god. The same as ba'al; Baal, a Phoenician deity.">of Baal</a> <a href="/hebrew/8313.htm" title="8313: way·yiś·rə·p̄ū·hā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp:: 3fs) -- To burn. A primitive root; to be on fire.">and burned it.</a> </span><span class="reftext">27</span>They also demolished the sacred pillar of Baal. Then they tore down the temple of Baal and made it into a latrine, which it is to this day.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/16-32.htm">1 Kings 16:32-33</a></span><br />First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria. / Then he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/9-25.htm">2 Kings 9:25-26</a></span><br />And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him: / ‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-4.htm">2 Kings 23:4-6</a></span><br />Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel. / Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven. / He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-20.htm">Exodus 32:20</a></span><br />Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-5.htm">Deuteronomy 7:5</a></span><br />Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/6-25.htm">Judges 6:25-28</a></span><br />On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it. / Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.” / So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the LORD had told him. But because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men of the city, he did it by night rather than in the daytime. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/5-2.htm">1 Samuel 5:2-4</a></span><br />carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue. / When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place. / But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/18-40.htm">1 Kings 18:40</a></span><br />Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/34-4.htm">2 Chronicles 34:4-7</a></span><br />Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. / Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars. So he cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. / Josiah did the same in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/27-9.htm">Isaiah 27:9</a></span><br />Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-13.htm">Jeremiah 19:13</a></span><br />The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/10-2.htm">Hosea 10:2</a></span><br />Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-12.htm">Matthew 21:12-13</a></span><br />Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/11-15.htm">Mark 11:15-17</a></span><br />When they arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves. / And He would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. / Then Jesus began to teach them, and He declared, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/2-14.htm">John 2:14-16</a></span><br />In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables. / So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. / To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.</p><p class="hdg">images [heb] statues</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">1 Kings 14:23</a></b></br> For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.</p><p class="hdg">and burned them</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/19-18.htm">2 Kings 19:18</a></b></br> And have cast their gods into the fire: for they <i>were</i> no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/5-21.htm">2 Samuel 5:21</a></b></br> And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/18-19.htm">Asherah</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-25.htm">Baal</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-23.htm">Ba'al</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-2.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-43.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">Columns</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-25.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-25.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-2.htm">Image</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-12.htm">Images</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-2.htm">Pillar</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">Pillars</a> <a href="/1_samuel/10-27.htm">rs</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-2.htm">Sacred</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">Standing-Pillars</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-25.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-18.htm">Temple</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/13-6.htm">Asherah</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-27.htm">Baal</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-28.htm">Ba'al</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-3.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-3.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-10.htm">Columns</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-7.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-27.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-27.htm">Image</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-18.htm">Images</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-27.htm">Pillar</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-10.htm">Pillars</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-18.htm">rs</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-27.htm">Sacred</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-10.htm">Standing-Pillars</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-27.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-27.htm">Temple</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 10</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/10-1.htm">Jehu, by his letters, causes seventy of Ahab's sons to be beheaded</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/10-8.htm">He excuses the fact by the prophecy of Elijah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/10-12.htm">At the shearing house he slays forty-two of Ahaziah's brothers</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/10-15.htm">He takes Jehonadab into his company</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/10-18.htm">By subtilty he destroys all the worshippers of Baal</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/10-29.htm">Jehu follows Jeroboam's sins</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/10-32.htm">Hazael oppresses Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">34. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/10-34.htm">Jehoahaz succeeds Jehu</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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These pillars were typically wooden and stood as symbols of fertility and prosperity. The act of bringing it out signifies a public denouncement and rejection of Baal worship, which was prevalent in Israel due to the influence of Jezebel and Ahab. This action aligns with the Deuteronomic command to destroy all forms of idolatry (<a href="/deuteronomy/12-3.htm">Deuteronomy 12:3</a>).<p><b>of the temple of Baal</b><br>The temple of Baal in Samaria was a significant center for Baal worship, which had been introduced and promoted by Jezebel, the Phoenician wife of King Ahab. Baal was considered a storm and fertility god, and his worship was often accompanied by immoral practices. The existence of such a temple in Israel highlights the extent of spiritual apostasy during this period. The destruction of this temple was a fulfillment of God's judgment against idolatry and a step towards restoring the worship of Yahweh.<p><b>and burned it.</b><br>Burning the sacred pillar was a symbolic act of purification and total destruction, ensuring that no remnant of the idol remained. Fire is often used in the Bible as a means of purifying and consuming that which is unholy (<a href="/leviticus/10.htm">Leviticus 10:1-2</a>, <a href="/1_kings/18-38.htm">1 Kings 18:38</a>). This act can be seen as a precursor to the ultimate judgment and purification that Christ will bring, as He is described as a refiner's fire (<a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a>). The burning also served as a public declaration of the rejection of Baal worship and a return to the covenant faithfulness required by God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jehu.htm">Jehu</a></b><br>The king of Israel who was anointed by God to destroy the house of Ahab and eradicate Baal worship from Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/baal.htm">Baal</a></b><br>A Canaanite deity whose worship was prevalent in Israel, often associated with idolatry and apostasy.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/temple_of_baal.htm">Temple of Baal</a></b><br>A place of worship dedicated to Baal, representing the idolatrous practices that had infiltrated Israel.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/sacred_pillar.htm">Sacred Pillar</a></b><br>An object of worship within the temple of Baal, symbolizing the idolatry that Jehu was commanded to destroy.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The northern kingdom, where the events of Jehu's purge of Baal worship took place.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>Jehu's actions demonstrate the importance of obeying God's commands, even when they require difficult and decisive actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/eradicating_idolatry.htm">Eradicating Idolatry</a></b><br>The destruction of the sacred pillar highlights the need for believers to remove any form of idolatry or sin from their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/z/zeal_for_the_lord.htm">Zeal for the Lord</a></b><br>Jehu's zeal in carrying out God's judgment serves as a reminder of the passion and commitment required in serving God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_idolatry.htm">Consequences of Idolatry</a></b><br>The fall of Baal worship in Israel illustrates the inevitable downfall of idolatry and the judgment that follows disobedience to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>The fulfillment of prophecy through Jehu's actions underscores God's control over history and His ability to bring about His purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_10.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 10</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_high_places_in_the_bible.htm">What are high places in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_did_jehu_do_about_baal_worship.htm">What did Jehu do about Baal worship?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/where's_jehu's_purge_evidence.htm">Where is the archaeological evidence for Jehu's widespread purge and the destruction of the Baal temple in 2 Kings 10:27?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_2_chronicles_23_16-21_reforms_credible.htm">Are the religious reforms in 2 Chronicles 23:16-21 historically credible, or do they reflect an idealized narrative from a later period?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/10.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">The images.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">the pillars</span>; which were of wood, and had a sacred significance. (Comp. <a href="/hosea/3-4.htm" title="For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:">Hosea 3:4</a>.) "In primitive times a pillar was the distinguishing mark of a holy place. Idolatrous pillars were commanded to be destroyed (<a href="/exodus/23-24.htm" title="You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but you shall utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.">Exodus 23:24</a>), but most critics think that pillars to Jehovah were quite allowable till the time of Hezekiah or Josiah, to which they assign the Book of Deuteronomy. (Comp. <a href="/context/deuteronomy/16-21.htm" title="You shall not plant you a grove of any trees near to the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make you.">Deuteronomy 16:21-22</a>.) At any rate, the prophet (Isaiah) gives an implicit sanction to the erection of a sacred pillar in Egypt" (<span class= "ital">Cheyne</span>'s Note on <a href="/isaiah/19-19.htm" title="In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the middle of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.">Isaiah 19:19</a>). The LXX. has the singular here (<span class= "greekheb">??? ??????</span>) and the plural in the next verse. The Syriac has the singular "statue" in both.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/10.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 26.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal</span>; rather, <span class="accented">the pillars</span> (see the comment on 1 Kings 14:23). It was a special feature of the Phoenician worship to represent the gods by <span class="greek">στῆλαι</span> or <span class="greek">κίονες</span>, which appear to have been conical stones, or obelisks, destitute of any shaping into the semblance of humanity (see Tacitus, 'Hist.,' 2:3; Damasc. ap. Phot, 'Bibliothec.,' p. 1063; Max. Tyr.,' Diss.,' 38. p. 384). The Phoenicians acknowledged several deities besides Baal, as Ashtoreth, Melkarth, Dagon, Adonis or Tammuz, El, Sadyk, Esmun, and the Kabiri. The "pillars brought forth" may have represented some of these deities, who might all of them be "contemplar" deities with Baal; or they may have been "Baalim," <span class="accented">i.e.</span> forms and aspects of Baal, each the object of some special cult (see Hovers, 'Phonizier,' § 674). And burned them. The "pillars" in this instance were probably, not of stone, but of wood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/10-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They brought out</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּצִ֛אוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·ṣi·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the [sacred] pillar</span><br /><span class="heb">מַצְּב֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(maṣ·ṣə·ḇō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4676.htm">Strong's 4676: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something stationed, a column, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the temple</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּית־</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Baal</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבַּ֖עַל</span> <span class="translit">(hab·ba·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1168.htm">Strong's 1168: </a> </span><span class="str2">Baal -- a heathen god</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and burned it,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיִּשְׂרְפֽוּהָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiś·rə·p̄ū·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8313.htm">Strong's 8313: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be, on fire</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/10-26.htm">2 Kings 10:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/10-26.htm">2 Kings 10:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/10-26.htm">2 Kings 10:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/10-26.htm">2 Kings 10:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/10-26.htm">2 Kings 10:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/10-26.htm">2 Kings 10:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/10-26.htm">2 Kings 10:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/10-26.htm">2 Kings 10:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/10-26.htm">2 Kings 10:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/10-26.htm">2 Kings 10:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/10-26.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 10:26 They brought forth the pillars that were (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/10-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 10:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 10:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/10-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 10:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 10:27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>