2 Kings 11:18 KJV
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.
Matthew Henry
- The worship of the Lord restoredKing and people would cleave most firmly to each other, when both had joined themselves to the Lord. It is well with a people, when all the changes that pass...
Thompson Chains
- Religious ReformsLink 3 of 8 · next 2 Kings 23:4
- Iconoclasm (2)Link 3 of 7 · next 2 Kings 18:4
- Idolatrous PriestsLink 6 of 8 · next 2 Kings 23:5
Cross References
- 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.
- 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.
- 2 Kings 10:26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 13:5 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.
- Exodus 32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
- Deuteronomy 13:9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
- 2 Kings 9:25–28 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him; …
- 2 Kings 23:4–6 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel. …
- 2 Kings 23:10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
- 2 Kings 23:14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
- 2 Chronicles 21:17 And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
- 2 Chronicles 23:17–20 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. …
- 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
- Baal Destroyed by Jehoiada
- Church House of the Lord
- Iconoclasm Jehoiada
- 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 Bible884–839 BC · Athaliah and Jehoash reign in Judah
Bible Dictionary
- BaalLord. (1.) The name appropriated to the principal male god of the Phoenicians. It is found in several places in the plural BAALIM (Judg...
- MattanGift. (1.) A priest of Baal, slain before his altar during the reformation under Jehoiada (2 Kgs 11:18).
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And all the people כָל kol Noun · masculine singular construct עַם ʿam עַם Noun · masculine singular construct
- of the land הָאָרֶץ hāʾāreṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
- went וַיָּבֹאוּ wayyābōʾww בּוֹא Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine plural · with and
- into 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
- his altars אֶת ʾet Object marker 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
- brake they in pieces שִׁבְּרוּ šibbĕrû שָׁבַר Verb · piel perfect, third person common plural
- thoroughly הֵיטֵב hêṭēb יָטַב Verb · hiphil infinitive absolute
- 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
- And the priest הַכֹּהֵן hakkōhēn כֹּהֵן Noun · masculine singular · with the
- appointed וַיָּשֶׂם wayyāśem שׂוּם Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- officers פְּקֻדּוֹת pĕquddôt פְּקֻדָּה Noun · feminine plural פָּקַד pâqad
- over the house עַל ʿal Preposition בֵּית bêt בַּיִת Noun · masculine singular construct
- of the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
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