New Living Translation
2 Kings 10:26
26They dragged out the sacred pillar used in the worship of Baal and burned it.
2 Kings 10:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
- New International Version (NIV)They brought the sacred stone out of the temple of Baal and burned it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and they brought out the pillar that was in the house of Baal and burned it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And they brought the sacred pillars out of the temple of Baal and burned them.
Context of 2 Kings 10:26
24So they were all inside the temple to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty of his men outside the building and had warned them, “If you let anyone escape, you will pay for it with your own life.” 25As soon as Jehu had finished sacrificing the burnt offering, he commanded his guards and officers, “Go in and kill all of them. Don’t let a single one escape!” So they killed them all with their swords, and the guards and officers dragged their bodies outside. Then Jehu’s men went into the innermost fortress of the temple of Baal. They dragged out the sacred pillar used in the worship of Baal and burned it. 27They smashed the sacred pillar and wrecked the temple of Baal, converting it into a public toilet, as it remains to this day. 28In this way, Jehu destroyed every trace of Baal worship from Israel.
Read all of 2 Kings 102 Kings 10:26 word by word
וַיֹּצִ֛אוּ אֶת־מַצְּב֥וֹת בֵּית־הַבַּ֖עַל וַֽיִּשְׂרְפֽוּהָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Kings 10:26
- 1 Kings 14:23For they also built for themselves pagan shrines and set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
- 2 Kings 19:18And they have thrown the gods of these nations into the fire and burned them. But of course the Assyrians could destroy them! They were not gods at all—only idols of wood and stone shaped by human hands.
- 2 Samuel 5:21The Philistines had abandoned their idols there, so David and his men confiscated them.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 10:26
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26The images - Or “pillars” of wood. The Phoenician pillar idols were mere columns, obelisks, or posts, destitute of any shaping into the semblance of humanity (compare 1 Kings 14:23 note).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. 25-26inner room of the temple … the sacred pillar: Canaanite temples had a recessed area in the wall for a sacred stone image. The temple of Baal in Samaria had a sacred altar to Baal and an Asherah pole, which Jehu's men destroyed. Later, Josiah's purge of Baal worship in Judah involved burning and demolishing the Asherah pole in the temple in Jerusalem (2 Kings 23:6).Read the comment
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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
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