Verse 17

All the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols and killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of the altars.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Hele folket gikk til Baals tempel og rev det ned. De knuste alterene og bildene hans i stykker og drepte Mattan, Baals prest, foran alterene.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Så gikk hele folket til Baals hus og rev det ned og brøt hans altere og bilder i stykker og drepte Mattan, Baals prest, foran alterne.

• Norsk King James

  Så gikk hele folket til Baals hus og rev det ned, og brøt ned hans altere og bilder i biter, og drepte Mattan, Baals prest, foran alterene.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Deretter gikk hele folket inn i Baals tempel, rev det ned og ødela alterne og statuene hans, og de drepte Mattan, Baals prest, foran alterne.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Hele folket gikk til Ba'als tempel og rev det ned. Også alterene og bildene hans knuste de, og de drepte Mattan, Ba'als prest, foran alterene.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Da gikk hele folket til Baals hus og rev det ned, knuste hans altere og bildene, og drepte Mattan, Baals prest, foran alterne.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Så dro hele folket til Baalens hus, rev det ned, ødela hans altere og store avgudsbilder, og drepte Mattan, Baalens prest, foran alterene.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Da gikk hele folket til Baals hus og rev det ned, knuste hans altere og bildene, og drepte Mattan, Baals prest, foran alterne.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Hele folket gikk til Ba'als hus og rev det ned. De knuste hans altere og bilder og drepte Matan, Ba'als prest, foran alterne.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Så gikk alt folket til Ba’als hus og rev det ned. De knuste hans altere og hans bilder og drepte Ba’als prest Mattan foran alterne.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Siden gik alt Folket ind i Baals Huus og nedbrøde det, og sønderbrøde hans Altere og hans Billeder; og de ihjelsloge Matthan, Baals Præst, for Alterne.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Så gikk hele folket til Baals hus og rev det ned. De ødela hans altere og bilder, og de drepte Mattan, Baals prest, foran alterene.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hele folket gikk til Baals hus, rev det ned, knuste hans altere og bilder i stykker, og drepte Mattan, Baals prest, foran alterne.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Alt folket gikk til Baals hus og rev det ned, og de brøt ned hans alter og bilder og drepte Mattan, Baals prest, foran alteret.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og hele folket gikk til Baals hus og rev det ned, og brøt hans altere og bilder i stykker, og drepte Mattan, Baals prest, foran alterene.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Da gikk alle folket til Baals hus og rev det ned, og dets altere og bilder ble knust; og Mattan, Baals prest, ble drept foran alterene.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The wete all the people in to the house of Baal, and destroyed it, & brake downe his altares & ymages, & slewe Mathan the prest of Baal before the altare.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And all the people went to the house of Baal, and destroyed, and brake his altars and his images, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And all the people went to the house of Baal, and destroyed it, and brake his aulters and his images, and slue Mathan the priest of Baal before the aulters.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  All the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke his altars and his images in pieces, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and all the people enter the house of Baal, and break it down, yea, his altars and his images they have broken, and Mattan priest of Baal they have slain before the altars.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then all the people went to the house of Baal and had it pulled down, and its altars and images broken up; and Mattan, the priest of Baal, they put to death before the altars.

• World English Bible (2000)

  All the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke his altars and his images in pieces, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  All the people went and demolished the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols. They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 18:40 : 40 Then Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal. Do not let any of them escape." So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.
• 2 Kgs 10:25-28 : 25 When Jehu finished offering the burnt offering, he said to the guards and officers, "Go in and kill them; let no one escape." The guards and officers struck them down with the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner sanctuary of the temple of Baal. 26 They brought out the sacred pillars of the temple of Baal and burned them. 27 They also tore down the sacred pillar of Baal, demolished the temple of Baal, and turned it into a latrine, which it remains to this day. 28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal from Israel.
• 2 Kgs 11:18-19 : 18 The people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of the altars. Then Jehoiada the priest stationed guards at the temple of the LORD. 19 He took the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the temple of the LORD. They entered the palace through the gate of the guards, and the king took his seat on the royal throne.
• 2 Kgs 18:4 : 4 He removed the high places, broke the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and smashed the bronze serpent that Moses had made, because the people of Israel had been burning incense to it, calling it Nehushtan.
• 2 Chr 34:4 : 4 In his presence, they tore down the altars of the Baals, and he cut down the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved images, and the cast idols, crushing them into powder, and he scattered the dust over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
• 2 Chr 34:7 : 7 He tore down the altars and the Asherah poles, smashed the carved images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
• Isa 2:18 : 18 The idols will completely vanish.
• Zech 13:2-3 : 2 On that day, declares the LORD of hosts, I will remove the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. Moreover, I will eliminate the false prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land. 3 If anyone still prophesies on that day, his father and mother—those who gave birth to him—will say to him, ‘You must die, because you have spoken lies in the name of the LORD.’ Then his parents, who brought him into the world, will pierce him through when he prophesies.
• Deut 12:3 : 3 Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn their Asherah poles with fire, cut down their carved idols, and obliterate the names of their gods from those places.
• Deut 13:5-9 : 5 You must follow the LORD your God, fear Him, keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him. 6 But that prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he encouraged rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to lead you away from the path the LORD your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you. 7 If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or daughter, or the wife of your embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, 'Let us go and worship other gods'—gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, 8 whether those gods are nearby or far away, from one end of the earth to the other— 9 do not yield to him or listen to him. Show no pity or compassion, and do not shield him.