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2 Kings 10:26
They brought out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jehu’s guards and officers enter the inner room of the Baal temple after executing its worshippers, where they remove and destroy its cultic objects.
The words — The Hebrew מַצְּב֥וֹת (matzevot) refers to the sacred pillars dedicated to Baal, while the verb וַֽ/יִּשְׂרְפֽוּ/הָ (va/yisrefu/ha) records their immediate destruction by fire.
The thread — This eradication parallels the earlier removal of a Baal pillar in 2 Kings 3:2 and reverses the widespread establishment of such pillars condemned in 1 Kings 14:23.
Why it lands — The text records the physical dismantling of a foreign cult object, requiring the reader to note the deliberate removal of worship infrastructure without adding moral commentary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 14:23 They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
- 2 Samuel 5:21 There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.
- 2 Kings 3:2 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as his father and mother had done. He removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.
- 2 Kings 19:18 They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.