2 Chronicles 23:17

2 Chronicles 23:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then 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.
• New International Version (NIV)All the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then all the people 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 before the altars.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And all the people went to the temple of Baal, and tore it down. They broke in pieces its altars and images, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

Context of 2 Chronicles 23:17

15So they seized Athaliah, and when she arrived at the entrance of the Horse Gate of the king’s house (palace), they put her to death there. 16Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, all the people, and the king, that they would be the Lord’s people. Then all the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down, and they smashed its altars and its images to pieces, and killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of the altars. 18Also Jehoiada placed the offices and officers of the house of the Lord under the authority of the Levitical priests, whom David had [previously] assigned over the house of the Lord, to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing in accordance with the order of David. 19Jehoiada stationed the gatekeepers [at the gates] of the house of the Lord, so that no one would enter who was in any way unclean.

2 Chronicles 23:17 word by word

וַיָּבֹ֨אוּ כָל־הָעָ֤ם בֵּית־הַבַּ֙עַל֙ וַֽיִּתְּצֻ֔הוּ וְאֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתָ֥יו וְאֶת־צְלָמָ֖יו שִׁבֵּ֑רוּ וְאֵ֗ת מַתָּן֙ כֹּהֵ֣ן הַבַּ֔עַל הָרְג֖וּ לִפְנֵ֥י הַֽמִּזְבְּחֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then all the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• wentבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• of Baalבַּעַלba‛al · BaalH1168
• and brake it downנָתַץnâthats · to tearH5422
• and brakeשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• his altarsמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• and his imagesצֶ֫לֶםtselem · imageH6754
• and slewהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• Mattanמַתָּןmattân · MattanH4977
• the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 23:17

• 2 Chronicles 34:4They tore down the altars of the Baals in his presence; he cut to pieces the incense altars that were high above them; he also smashed the Asherim and the carved images and the cast images to pieces, and ground them to dust and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
• 2 Kings 10:25Then it came about, as soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guards and to the royal officers, “Go in and kill them; let no one come out.” And they killed them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the royal officers threw their bodies out, and went to the inner room of the house of Baal.
• 2 Kings 11:18Then all the people of the land went to the house of Baal and tore it down. They utterly smashed his altar and his images to pieces, and they put Mattan the priest of Baal to death in front of the altars. And [Jehoiada] the priest appointed officers over the house of the Lord.
• 2 Kings 18:4He removed the high places [of pagan worship], broke down the images (memorial stones) and cut down the Asherim. He also crushed to pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the Israelites had burned incense to it; and it was called Nehushtan [a bronze sculpture].
• Deuteronomy 12:3You shall tear down their altars and smash their [idolatrous] pillars and burn their Asherim in the fire; you shall cut down the carved and sculpted images of their gods and obliterate their name from that place.
• Isaiah 2:18And the idols will completely vanish (be abolished).
• Zechariah 13:2“In that day,” declares the Lord of hosts, “I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the [false] prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.
• Deuteronomy 13:5But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has counseled rebellion against the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to draw you away from the way in which the Lord your God has commanded you to walk. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
• 1 Kings 18:40Then Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape.” They seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and [as God’s law required] killed them there.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 23:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Mattan the priest - The Targum will not prostitute the term priest, but calls him כומרא cumera, priestling.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-17The agreement included promises between the king and the people, between the Lord and the king, and between the Lord and the people. The promises with the Lord involved stopping the worship of Baal.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 23:17

• Mattan
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Baal
• Covenant
• Athaliah
• Genealogy
• Jehoash; Joash
• Jehoiada
• Mattan

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings