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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)They smashed the sacred pillar and wrecked the temple of Baal, converting it into a public toilet, as it remains to this day.

Context of 2 Kings 10:27

25As soon as Jehu had finished making the burnt offering, he ordered the guards and officers: “Go in and kill them; let no one escape.” So they cut them down with the sword. The guards and officers threw the bodies out and then entered the inner shrine of the temple of Baal. 26They brought the sacred stone out of the temple of Baal and burned it. 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. 28So Jehu destroyed Baal worship in Israel. 29However, he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at 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 removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.)
• 2 Kings 23:7He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the temple of the Lord, the quarters where women did weaving for Asherah.
• Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars and pile your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols, and I will abhor you.
• Deuteronomy 7:5This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols in the fire.
• 1 Kings 16:32He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he 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 father David. In his twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of high places, Asherah poles and idols.
• Ezra 6:11Furthermore, I decree that if anyone defies this edict, a beam is to be pulled from their house and they are to be impaled on it. And for this crime their house is to be made a pile of rubble.
• Daniel 2:5The king replied to the astrologers, “This is what I have firmly decided: If you do not tell me what my dream was and interpret it, I will have you cut into pieces and your houses turned into piles of rubble.
• Daniel 3:29Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego be cut into pieces and their houses be turned into piles of rubble, for no other god can save 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