2 Chronicles 23:17

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.

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Other Translations

  • 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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And all the people{H5971} went{H935} to the house{H1004} of Baal,{H1168} and brake it down,{H5422} and brake{H7665} his altars{H4196} and his images{H6754} in pieces,{H7665} and slew{H2026} Mattan{H4977} the priest{H3548} of Baal{H1168} before{H6440} the altars.{H4196}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then all the people{H5971} went{H935}{(H8799)} to the house{H1004} of Baal{H1168}, and brake it down{H5422}{(H8799)}, and brake{H7665} his altars{H4196} and his images{H6754} in pieces{H7665}{(H8765)}, and slew{H2026}{(H8804)} Mattan{H4977} the priest{H3548} of Baal{H1168} before{H6440} the altars{H4196}.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Kgs 11:15-20
    6 verses
    93%

    15 Jehoiada the priest ordered the commanders of hundreds, the officers of the army, 'Take her outside the ranks, and whoever follows her, put them to death by the sword.' For the priest had said, 'She must not be killed in the temple of the LORD.'

    16 So they seized her, and she was taken by the way of the horse's entrance to the palace, and there she was put to death.

    17 Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD, the king, and the people, so that they would be the LORD's people. He also made a covenant between the king and the people.

    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.

    20 All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was calm, because Athaliah had been put to death with the sword at the king's palace.

  • 2 Chr 23:14-16
    3 verses
    78%

    14 Jehoiada the priest brought out the commanders of hundreds who were in charge of the troops and said to them, 'Take her out between the ranks and put to death with the sword anyone who follows her.' For the priest said, 'Do not put her to death in the house of the Lord.'

    15 So they seized her, and she came to the entrance of the Horse Gate by the king's palace, and there they put her to death.

    16 Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, all the people, and the king that they would be the Lord's people.

  • 2 Kgs 10:25-28
    4 verses
    78%

    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 Chr 24:7
    77%

    7 For the wicked Athaliah and her sons had broken into the house of God and had even used all the holy things of the Lord's house for the worship of the Baals.

  • 2 Chr 34:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

    5 He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and he purified Judah and Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 23:14-16
    3 verses
    76%

    14 He smashed the sacred pillars to pieces, cut down the Asherah poles, and filled their places with human bones.

    15 Even the altar at Bethel, the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat had made, the one who caused Israel to sin—even that altar and the high place he tore down. He burned the high place, crushed it to dust, and burned the Asherah pole that was there.

    16 Josiah turned, saw the graves that were on the hill, and sent men to take the bones from the graves. He burned them on the altar and defiled it according to the word of the LORD, as the man of God had proclaimed, who had foretold these things.

  • 2 Chr 31:1
    75%

    1 When all this had been completed, all the Israelites who were present went out to the towns of Judah and broke the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished the high places and the altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them completely. Then all the Israelites returned to their own cities, each to their own property.

  • 2 Kgs 23:12
    75%

    12 The king tore down the altars that were on the roof of Ahaz's upper chamber, the ones the kings of Judah had made. He also destroyed the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courtyards of the house of the Lord. He removed them from there, ground them to dust, and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.

  • 2 Kgs 23:4-8
    5 verses
    74%

    4 The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second rank, and the gatekeepers to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the objects made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. He burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and scattered their ashes on the graves of the people.

    5 He also removed the idolatrous priests appointed by the kings of Judah, those who burned incense at the high places in the cities of Judah and in the areas around Jerusalem. He removed those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and the moon, the constellations, and all the host of heaven.

    6 He brought out the Asherah pole from the house of the Lord to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, burned it in the Kidron Valley, ground it to ashes, and threw the ashes on the graves of the common people.

    7 He tore down the houses of the male cult prostitutes that were in the temple of the Lord, where the women wove coverings for Asherah.

    8 He brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba. He also destroyed the high places at the gates—the one at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua, the governor of the city, which was on the left of the city gate.

  • 2 Kgs 23:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19 Josiah also removed all the shrines on the high places in the towns of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger. He did to them just as he had done at Bethel.

    20 He slaughtered all the priests of those high places on the altars and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 34:7
    74%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 23:20
    73%

    20 He took the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land and brought the king down from the house of the Lord. They entered through the Upper Gate to the king's palace and seated the king on the royal throne.

  • 2 Chr 23:18
    73%

    18 Jehoiada appointed the oversight of the house of the Lord to the priests, who were Levites, as David had assigned them in the house of the Lord, to offer burnt offerings to the Lord as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing as David had directed.

  • 2 Chr 23:10
    72%

    10 He stationed all the people, each man with his weapon in hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side, along the altar and the temple, surrounding the king on every side.

  • 2 Kgs 10:19-23
    5 verses
    72%

    19 Now summon all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers, and all his priests. Let no one fail to come, for I am going to hold a great sacrifice to Baal. Anyone who fails to come will not live." But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the worshipers of Baal.

    20 Jehu commanded, "Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal." So they announced it.

    21 Then Jehu sent messengers throughout all Israel, and all the worshipers of Baal came; not a single one remained behind. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from one end to the other.

    22 Jehu said to the keeper of the wardrobe, "Bring out garments for all the worshipers of Baal." So he brought out garments for them.

    23 Then Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal. Jehu said to the worshipers of Baal, "Search and make sure that no servants of the LORD are here with you—only the worshipers of Baal."

  • Ezek 23:39
    71%

    39 When they slaughtered their children as sacrifices to their idols, they came to my sanctuary on the same day to desecrate it. See, this is what they have done in my house.

  • Judg 6:30
    71%

    30 The men of the city said to Joash, 'Bring out your son! He must die, because he has torn down Baal's altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.'

  • 2 Chr 33:15
    71%

    15 He removed the foreign gods and the image from the house of the LORD, and all the altars he had built on the hill of the house of the LORD and in Jerusalem, and he threw them outside the city.

  • 2 Kgs 17:16
    71%

    16 They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God. They made for themselves two cast idols in the form of calves, made an Asherah pole, worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

  • 2 Chr 23:12
    71%

    12 When Athaliah heard the sound of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people in the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 14:3
    71%

    3 He commanded Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, and to obey the law and the commandment.

  • 2 Kgs 23:2
    70%

    2 The king went up to the house of the Lord, along with all the men of Judah, all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the prophets, and all the people, from the youngest to the oldest. There, he read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant, which had been found in the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 24:17
    70%

    17 After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came and bowed before the king, and the king listened to their advice.

  • Exod 34:13
    70%

    13 Instead, you must destroy their altars, smash their sacred pillars, and cut down their Asherah poles.

  • 2 Chr 36:19
    70%

    19 They burned the house of God, tore down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire, destroying all its valuable articles.

  • Deut 7:5
    70%

    5 Instead, this is what you must do to them: Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, chop down their Asherah poles, and burn their carved images with fire.

  • 1 Kgs 18:30
    70%

    30 Then Elijah said to all the people, 'Come here to me.' They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD, which had been torn down.

  • Deut 12:3
    69%

    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.