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.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And 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 · 1611

And 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 · 1901

And 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 · 1949

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.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And broke it in pieces. They destroyed also the temple of Baal, and made a jakes in its place unto this day.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and they broke down the column of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house to this day.

Context

v.26And they brought forth the pillars that were in the house of Baal, and burned them.

v.27This passage

v.28Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

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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