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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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd they brake down the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house, unto this day.
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.
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.
and they broke down the column of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house to this day.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.
- Author
- Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
- Date
- Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC