2 Chronicles 23:17 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.
Matthew Henry
- Joash crowned, and Athaliah slainTo look upon ourselves and each other as the Lord's people, should make us earnest in the discharge of our duty both to God and man. Thus was this happy...
Thompson Chains
- BaalSee the chain from Numbers 22:41 · 14 links
- Iconoclasm (2)See the chain from 1 Kings 15:13 · 7 links
- Idol AltarsSee the chain from 1 Kings 16:32 · 5 links
- Idolatrous PriestsSee the chain from Judges 17:5 · 8 links
- Religious ReformsSee the chain from 1 Kings 15:12 · 8 links
Cross References
- 1 Kings 18:40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
- Deuteronomy 12:3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
- Deuteronomy 13:5–9 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. …
- 2 Kings 10:25–28 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal. …
- 2 Kings 11:18–19 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. …
- 2 Kings 18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.
- 2 Chronicles 34:4 And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
- 2 Chronicles 34:7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 2:18 And the idols he shall utterly abolish.
- Zechariah 13:2–3 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. …
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Topics
- Jehoiada Overthrows Athaliah, the usurping queen of Judah, and establishes Jehoash upon the throne
- Joash Anointed king by the priest, Jehoiada
- Mattan 1. A priest of Baal killed in the idol’s temple at Jerusalem
- Revivals Jehoash and Jehoiada
- Zeal, religious Jehoiada
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible884–878 BC · Athaliah reigns in Judah
Bible Dictionary
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Then all the people כָל kol Noun · masculine singular construct הָעָם hāʿām עַם Noun · masculine singular · with the
- went וַיָּבֹאוּ wayyābōʾww בּוֹא Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- to the house בֵּית bêt בַּיִת Noun · masculine singular construct
- of Baal הַבַּעַל habbaʿal בַּעַל Proper name · with the
- and brake it down וַיִּתְּצֻהוּ wayyittĕṣuhû נָתַץ Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and, suffix: third person masculine singular
- and brake שִׁבֵּרוּ šibbērû שָׁבַר Verb · piel perfect, third person common plural
- his altars וְאֶת wĕʾet Object marker · with and מִזְבְּחֹתָיו mizbĕḥōtāyw מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- and his images וְאֶת wĕʾet Object marker · with and צְלָמָיו ṣĕlāmāyw צֶלֶם Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- in pieces שָׁבַר shâbar
- and slew הָרְגוּ hārĕgû הָרַג Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
- Mattan וְאֵת wĕʾēt Object marker · with and מַתָּן mattān מַתָּן Proper name
- the priest כֹּהֵן kōhēn כֹּהֵן Noun · masculine singular construct
- of Baal הַבַּעַל habbaʿal בַּעַל Proper name · with the
- before לִפְנֵי lipnê פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition
- the altars הַמִּזְבְּחוֹת hammizbĕḥôt מִזְבֵּחַ Noun · masculine plural · with the
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