2 Kings 10:27

2 Kings 10:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
• New International Version (NIV)They demolished the sacred stone of Baal and tore down the temple of Baal, and people have used it for a latrine to this day.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they demolished the pillar of Baal, and demolished the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then they broke down the sacred pillar of Baal, and tore down the temple of Baal and made it a refuse dump to this day.

Context of 2 Kings 10:27

25When he finished offering the burnt sacrifice, Jehu ordered the royal guard and officers, “Come in and strike them down! Don’t let any escape!” So the royal guard and officers struck them down with the sword and left their bodies lying there. Then they entered the inner sanctuary of the temple of Baal. 26They hauled out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it. They demolished the sacred pillar of Baal and the temple of Baal; it is used as a latrine to this very day. 28So Jehu eradicated Baal worship from Israel. 29However, Jehu did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam son of Nebat had encouraged Israel to commit; the golden calves remained in Bethel and Dan.

2 Kings 10:27 word by word

וַֽיִּתְּצ֔וּ אֵ֖ת מַצְּבַ֣ת הַבָּ֑עַל וַֽיִּתְּצוּ֙ אֶת־בֵּ֣ית הַבַּ֔עַל וַיְשִׂמֻ֥הוּ לְמֽוֹצָא֖וֹת עַד־הַיּֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they brake downנָתַץnâthats · to tearH5422
• the imageמַצֵּבָהmatstsêbâh · pillarH4676
• of Baalבַּעַלba‛al · BaalH1168
• the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• and madeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• it a draught houseמַחֲרָאָהmachărâ'âh · sewerH4280
• it a draught houseמוֹצָאָהmôtsâ'âh · going forthH4163
• unto this dayיוֹםyôm · day: todayH3117

Cross-references for 2 Kings 10:27

• 2 Kings 18:4He eliminated the high places, smashed the sacred pillars to bits, and cut down the Asherah pole. He also demolished the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been offering incense to it; it was called Nehushtan.
• 2 Kings 23:7He tore down the quarters of the male cultic prostitutes in the Lord’s temple, where women were weaving shrines for Asherah.
• Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars, and I will stack your dead bodies on top of the lifeless bodies of your idols. I will abhor you.
• Deuteronomy 7:5Instead, this is what you must do to them: You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, cut down their sacred Asherah poles, and burn up their idols.
• 1 Kings 16:32He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal he had built in Samaria.
• 2 Chronicles 34:3In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David. In his twelfth year he began ridding Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images.
• Ezra 6:11“I hereby give orders that if anyone changes this directive a beam is to be pulled out from his house and he is to be raised up and impaled on it, and his house is to be reduced to a rubbish heap for this indiscretion.
• Daniel 2:5The king replied to the wise men, “My decision is firm. If you do not inform me of both the dream and its interpretation, you will be dismembered and your homes reduced to rubble!
• Daniel 3:29I hereby decree that any people, nation, or language group that blasphemes the god of Shadrach, Meshach, or Abednego will be dismembered and his home reduced to rubble! For there exists no other god who can deliver in this way.”

Commentaries on 2 Kings 10:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Made it a draught house - A place for human excrement; so all the versions understand it. Nothing could be more degrading than this; he made it a public necessary.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27And they brake down the image of Baal - The other images, it appears, were not images of Baal, but of inferior deities. The image of Baal, which was “broken down,” and not burned, would seem to have been of stone, perhaps erected in front of the temple.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-28Verses 15-28 Is thine heart right? This is a question we should often put to ourselves. I make a fair profession, have gained a reputation among men, but, is my heart right? Am I sincere with God? Jehonadab owned Jehu in the work, both of revenge and of reformation. An upright heart approves itself to God, and seeks no more than his acceptance; but if we aim at the applause of men, we are upon a false foundation. Whether Jehu looked any further we cannot…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27Converting the destroyed temple of Baal into a public toilet (latrine) made it unclean and unsuitable for future religious ceremonies.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 10:27

• Confidence
• Enthusiasm
• Falsehood
• Iconoclasm
• Inconsistency
• Intolerance, Religious
• Jehu
• Massacre
• Religion
• Samaria
• Temple
• Treachery
• Zeal, Religious

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Commentaries on 2 Kings 10

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings