Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
The altar of Baal was pulled down and the house of Baal was broken up and made an unclean place, as it is to this day.
New American Standard Bible
They also broke down the sacred pillar of Baal and broke down the house of Baal, and
King James Version
And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
Holman Bible
and tore down the pillar
International Standard Version
They also cut down the pillar to Baal, tore apart Baal's temple, and turned it into a latrine and it remains that way today.
A Conservative Version
And they broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it an out-house to this day.
American Standard Version
And they brake down the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house, unto this day.
Amplified
They also tore down the sacred pillar of Baal and tore down the house of Baal, and made it into a latrine [forever unclean]
Darby Translation
and they broke down the column of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house to this day.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will lay waste the images of Baal, and they will lay waste the house of Baal, and they will set it for a sink even to this day.
King James 2000
And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a refuse dump unto this day.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So they broke down the stone pillars of Baal and destroyed the temple of Baal and made it into a latrine until this day.
Modern King James verseion
And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal and made it a sewer-house until this day.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they brake the image of Baal, and brake the house of Baal, and made a privy house thereof, unto this day.
NET Bible
They demolished the sacred pillar of Baal and the temple of Baal; it is used as a latrine to this very day.
New Heart English Bible
They broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine, to this day.
The Emphasized Bible
and they brake down the pillars of Baal, - and brake down the house of Baal, and appointed it for a sewer-house - until this day.
Webster
And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house to this day.
World English Bible
They broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine, to this day.
Youngs Literal Translation
and break down the standing-pillar of Baal, and break down the house of Baal, and appoint it for a draught-house unto this day.
Themes
Confidence » Betrayed » The worshipers of baal, by jehu
Enthusiasm » Instances of » Jehu
Iconoclasm » Destroyed by » Jehu
Inconsistency » Instances of » Jehu
religious Intolerance » Exemplified by » Jehu
Jehu » Son of nimshi, king of israel » Religious zeal of, in killing idolaters
Kings » Who reigned over israel » Jehu
Massacre » Instances of » Worshipers of baal
religious Reforms » Names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Jehu
Religion » Instances of outstanding religious persons » Jehu
Religious » Reforms names of men under whose leadership reforms occurred » Jehu
Religious zeal » In punishing evil people » Jehu
Samaria » City of, built by omri » Temple of, destroyed
Topics
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Nathats
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 10:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jehu Purges The Baal Worshipers
26 And they took out the image of Asherah from the house of Baal, and had it burned. 27 The altar of Baal was pulled down and the house of Baal was broken up and made an unclean place, as it is to this day. 28 So Jehu put an end to the worship of Baal in Israel.
Names
Cross References
Ezra 6:11
And I have given orders that if anyone makes any change in this word, one of the supports is to be pulled out of his house, and he is to be lifted up and fixed to it; and his house is to be made waste for this;
Daniel 2:5
The king made answer and said to the Chaldaeans, This is my decision: if you do not make clear to me the dream and the sense of it, you will be cut in bits and your houses made waste.
Daniel 3:29
And it is my decision that any people, nation, or language saying evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, will be cut to bits and their houses made waste: because there is no other god who is able to give salvation such as this.
1 Kings 16:32
And he put up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he had made in Samaria.
Leviticus 26:30
And I will send destruction on your high places, overturning your perfume altars, and will put your dead bodies on your broken images, and my soul will be turned from you in disgust.
Deuteronomy 7:5
But this is what you are to do to them: their altars are to be pulled down and their pillars broken, and their holy trees cut down and their images burned with fire.
Deuteronomy 7:25
The images of their gods are to be burned with fire: have no desire for the gold and silver on them, and do not take it for yourselves, for it will be a danger to you: it is a thing disgusting to the Lord your God:
2 Kings 18:4
He had the high places taken away, and the stone pillars broken to bits, and the Asherah cut down; and the brass snake which Moses had made was crushed to powder at his order, because in those days the children of Israel had offerings burned before it, and he gave it the name Nehushtan.
2 Kings 23:7-14
And he had the houses pulled down of those who were used for sex purposes in the house of the Lord, where women were making robes for the Asherah.
2 Chronicles 34:3-7
In the eighth year of his rule, while he was still young, his heart was first turned to the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he undertook the clearing away of all the high places and the pillars and the images of wood and metal from Judah and Jerusalem.