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 arrested her as she entered Horse Gate of the royal palace, and they killed her there. 16Jehoiada made a promise to the Lord on behalf of the king and his people that they would be the Lord’s people. Then all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed Baal’s altars and his statues and killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of the altars. 18Next, Jehoiada appointed officials to be in charge of the Lord’s temple under the direction of the priests and Levites. (David had arranged them in divisions for the Lord’s temple. They were appointed to sacrifice burnt offerings to the Lord as it is written in Moses’ Teachings. They made these offerings with joy and singing as David had directed.) 19Jehoiada appointed gatekeepers for the gates of the Lord’s temple so that no one who was unclean for any reason could enter.

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 34:4He had the altars of the various Baal gods torn down. He cut down the incense altars that were above them. He destroyed the Asherah poles, carved idols, and metal idols. He ground them into powder and scattered the powder over the tombs of those who had sacrificed to them.
• 2 Kings 10:25When the burnt offerings had been made, Jehu said to the guards and attendants, “Kill them. Don’t let anyone get away.” So they used swords to kill the Baal worshipers and threw out the bodies until the guards and attendants came to the stronghold in the temple of Baal.
• 2 Kings 11:18Then all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed Baal’s altars and his statues and killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of the altars. Next, the priest appointed officials to be in charge of the Lord’s temple.
• 2 Kings 18:4He got rid of the illegal places of worship, crushed the sacred stones, and cut down the poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah. He even crushed the bronze snake that Moses had made because up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. They called it Nehushtan.
• Deuteronomy 12:3Tear down their altars, crush their sacred stones, burn their poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah, cut down their idols, and wipe out the names of their gods from those places.
• Isaiah 2:18Then idols will disappear completely.
• Zechariah 13:2“On that day,” declares the Lord of Armies, “I will wipe away the names of the idols from the land. They will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the ⌞false⌟ prophets and the unclean spirit from the land.
• Deuteronomy 13:5That prophet or dreamer must be put to death because he preached rebellion against the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt and freed you from slavery. He was trying to lead you away from following the directions the Lord your God gave you. You must get rid of this evil.
• 1 Kings 18:40Elijah told them, “Seize the prophets of Baal. Don’t let any of them escape.” The people seized them, and Elijah took them to the Kishon River and slaughtered 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