2 Kings 11:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

All the people of the land went to the house of Baal and tore it down; they thoroughly broke his altars and images in pieces, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And all the people{H5971} of the land{H776} went{H935} to the house{H1004} of Baal,{H1168} and brake it down;{H5422} his altars{H4196} and his images{H6754} brake they in pieces{H7665} thoroughly,{H3190} and slew{H2026} Mattan{H4977} the priest{H3548} of Baal{H1168} before{H6440} the altars.{H4196} And the priest{H3548} appointed{H7760} officers{H6485} over the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And all the people{H5971} of the land{H776} went{H935}{(H8799)} into the house{H1004} of Baal{H1168}, and brake it down{H5422}{(H8799)}; his altars{H4196} and his images{H6754} brake they in pieces{H7665}{(H8765)} thoroughly{H3190}{(H8687)}, and slew{H2026}{(H8804)} Mattan{H4977} the priest{H3548} of Baal{H1168} before{H6440} the altars{H4196}. And the priest{H3548} appointed{H7760}{(H8799)} officers{H6485}{(H8803)}{(H8676)}{H6486} over the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Then wente all the people of the londe into the house of Baal, and brake downe his altares, and destroyed his ymages right well. And Mathan the prest of Baal slewe they before the altare: And the prest appoynted the officers in the house of the LORDE,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then all the people of the lande went into the house of Baal, and destroyed it with his altars, and his images brake they downe courageously, and slewe Mattan the Priest of Baal before the altars: and the Priest set a garde ouer the house of the Lord.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And all the people of the lande went into the house of Baal, and destroyed it, his aulters also, and his images brake they downe lustylie, and slue Mathan the priest of Baal before the aulters: And the priest set watch ouer the house of the Lorde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. The priest appointed officers over the house of Yahweh.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And all the people of the land go in to the house of Baal, and break it down, its altars and its images they have thoroughly broken, and Mattan priest of Baal they have slain before the altars; and the priest setteth inspectors over the house of Jehovah,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of Jehovah.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed [ officers over the house of Jehovah.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then all the people of the land went to the house of Baal and had it pulled down: its altars and images were all broken to bits, and Mattan, the priest of Baal, they put to death before the altars. And the priest put overseers over the Lord's house.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. The priest appointed officers over the house of Yahweh.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    All the people of the land went and demolished the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols to bits. They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altar. Jehoiada the priest then placed guards at the LORD’s temple.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 12:3 : 3 And you shall tear down their altars, break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and you shall cut down the carved images of their gods, and obliterate their names from that place.
  • 1 Kgs 18:40 : 40 And Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
  • 2 Kgs 10:26 : 26 And they brought out the images from the house of Baal, and burned them.
  • 2 Kgs 18:4 : 4 He removed the high places, broke the images, cut down the groves, and broke into pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and he called it Nehushtan.
  • Deut 13:5 : 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he has spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to push you out of the way which the LORD your God commanded you to walk in. So you shall put away the evil from among you.
  • Deut 13:9 : 9 But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
  • 2 Kgs 9:25-28 : 25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Pick him up, and throw him in the plot of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how, when I and you rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD uttered this oracle against him; 26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, says the LORD; and I will pay you back in this plot, says the LORD. Now, therefore, take and throw him into the plot of ground, according to the word of the LORD. 27 But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu pursued him, and said, Strike him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo and died there. 28 And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David.
  • Exod 32:20 : 20 He took the calf which they had made, burned it in the fire, and ground it to powder, scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it.
  • 2 Kgs 23:4-6 : 4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. 5 And he removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the areas around Jerusalem, those also that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. 6 And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, ground it to powder, and cast its powder on the graves of the common people.
  • 2 Kgs 23:10 : 10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire to Molech.
  • 2 Kgs 23:14 : 14 And he smashed the images, cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
  • 2 Chr 21:17 : 17 They invaded Judah, breached it, and carried away all the possessions found in the king's house, along with his sons and his wives, so there was not a son left to him except Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
  • 2 Chr 23:17-20 : 17 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. 18 Also Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had assigned in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as was ordained by David. 19 And he set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, that no one who was unclean in any way should enter. 20 And he took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
  • 2 Chr 34:4 : 4 And they broke down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were high above them, he cut down; and the groves, the carved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and scattered it upon the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
  • 2 Chr 34:7 : 7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and beaten the graven images into powder and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
  • Isa 2:18 : 18 And the idols He shall utterly abolish.
  • Zech 13:2-3 : 2 And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no longer be remembered; and also, I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart out of the land. 3 And it shall come to pass that when anyone continues to prophesy, then his father and his mother who gave birth to him shall say to him, You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the LORD; and his father and his mother who gave birth to him shall pierce him through when he prophesies.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • 93%

    14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the army, and said to them, Bring her out of the ranges; and whoever follows her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Do not slay her in the house of the LORD.

    15 So they laid hands on her; and when she came to the entrance of the Horse Gate by the king's house, they slew her there.

    16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and all the people, and the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.

    17 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.

    18 Also Jehoiada appointed the officers of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had assigned in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as was ordained by David.

  • 79%

    19 He took the commanders over hundreds, the captains, the guard, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the house of the LORD; they came by way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

    20 All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet, for they had killed Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.

  • 78%

    15 Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the army, and said to them, 'Take her outside under guard, and kill anyone who follows her with the sword.' For the priest had said, 'Do not let her be slain in the house of the LORD.'.

    16 They seized her, and she went by the way of the horses' entrance to the king's house, and there she was slain.

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

  • 7 For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.

  • 76%

    25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come out. And they struck them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

    26 And they brought out the images from the house of Baal, and burned them.

    27 And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day.

    28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal from Israel.

  • 2 Chr 34:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4 And they broke down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were high above them, he cut down; and the groves, the carved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and scattered it upon the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.

    5 And he burned the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

  • 1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.

  • 20 And he took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.

  • 2 Chr 34:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and beaten the graven images into powder and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

    8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

  • 2 Kgs 23:4-8
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    4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

    5 And he removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the areas around Jerusalem, those also that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.

    6 And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD, outside Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, ground it to powder, and cast its powder on the graves of the common people.

    7 And he broke down the houses of the prostitutes, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.

    8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and broke down the high places at the gates which were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.

  • 73%

    14 And he smashed the images, cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.

    15 Moreover, the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down, and burned the high place, and ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah.

  • 2 Kgs 11:8-9
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    73%

    8 You shall encircle the king, each with his weapons in hand, and whoever comes within the ranks, let him be killed. Stay with the king as he comes out and goes in.

    9 The captains over the hundreds did everything Jehoiada the priest ordered, and each took his men who were coming on duty on the Sabbath, with those who were going off duty on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

  • 12 And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, the king broke down and smashed them there, and cast their dust into the brook Kidron.

  • 4 In the seventh year, Jehoiada sent and brought the commanders of hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath from them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son.

  • 30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has cast down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the grove that was by it.

  • 10 And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, around the king.

  • 15 And he removed the foreign gods and the idol 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 cast them out of the city.

  • 9 Have you not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made yourselves priests like the peoples of other lands? So that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, the same may be a priest of those who are no gods.

  • 71%

    19 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.

    20 And he slew all the priests of the high places who were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.

  • 31 And he made a house of high places and made priests from all sorts of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.

  • 70%

    21 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.

    22 And he said to him that was over the wardrobe, Bring out garments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought out garments for them.

    23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said to the worshippers of Baal, Search and see that none of the servants of the LORD are here with you, but only the worshippers of Baal.

  • 16 They left all the commandments of the LORD their God, made for themselves cast images, even two calves, made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

  • 13 When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and the people, she came to the people in the temple of the LORD.

  • 15 And he ordained priests for the high places, for the devils, and for the calves which he made.

  • 14 Moreover, all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed greatly after all the abominations of the nations, and polluted the house of the LORD which he had sanctified in Jerusalem.

  • 19 And they burned the house of God, and tore down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its valuable articles.

  • 28 And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.

  • 12 Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:

  • 11 There they burned incense on all the high places, as the nations had done whom the LORD carried away before them; and they did wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger.