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2 Kings 10:27

They also demolished the sacred pillar of Baal. Then they tore down the temple of Baal and made it into a latrine, which it is to this day.

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ASV

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

And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַֽיִּתְּצ֔וּvai.yi.te.Tzuand they pulled downH5422 →
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853 →
מַצְּבַ֣תma.tze.Vat[the] sacred pillar ofH4676 →
הַבָּ֑עַלha.Ba.'al<the> BaalH1168 →
וַֽיִּתְּצוּ֙vai.yi.te.Tzuand they pulled downH5422 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004 →
הַבַּ֔עַלha.Ba.'al<the> BaalH1168 →
וַיְשִׂמֻ֥הוּvay.si.Mu.huand they made itH7760 →
לְמֽוֹצָא֖וֹתle.ma.cha.ra.'ot<into> outhousesH4163 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
הַיּֽוֹם׃hai.Yomthis dayH3117 →

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Daniel 3:29Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”Daniel 2:5The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.Ezra 6:11I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.1 Kings 16:32First, Ahab set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he had built in Samaria.2 Chronicles 34:3–7In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.2 Kings 18:4He removed the high places, shattered the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. He also demolished the bronze snake called Nehushtan that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had burned incense to it.2 Kings 23:7–14He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the house of the LORD, where the women had woven tapestries for Asherah.Leviticus 26:30I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.Deuteronomy 7:5Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.Deuteronomy 7:25You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.2 Kings 23:6He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.Leviticus 14:45It must be torn down with its stones, its timbers, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.Matthew 15:17“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated?

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