2 Kings 10:27
What does 2 Kings 10:27 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 10:27 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000And they brake down the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house, unto this day.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And they brake down the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house, unto this day.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and break down the standing-pillar of Baal, and break down the house of Baal, and appoint it for a draught-house unto this day.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And broke it in pieces. They destroyed also the temple of Baal, and made a jakes in its place unto this day.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and they broke down the column of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house to this day.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 3:29
Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other god that is able to deliver after this sort.
- 2 Chronicles 34:3
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images.
- 2 Kings 23:7
And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.
- Leviticus 26:30
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-images, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you.
- Deuteronomy 7:5
But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.
- Deuteronomy 7:25
The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein; for it is an abomination to Jehovah thy God.
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