2 Chronicles 23:17

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Related verses

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• 1 Kings 18:40
  Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.
• Isaiah 2:18
  …and the idols will vanish completely.
• Deuteronomy 13:5–9
  Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.
• 2 Kings 10:25–28
  When he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.
• Zechariah 13:2–3
  And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
• 2 Kings 11:18–19
  So all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. And Jehoiada the priest posted guards for the house of the LORD.
• 2 Chronicles 34:4
  Then in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
• Deuteronomy 12:3
  Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.
• 2 Chronicles 34:7
  He tore down the altars and Asherah poles, crushed the idols to powder, and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
• 2 Kings 18:4
  He 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.

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2 Kings 11:17–21

People

Baal: Canaanite god, "Lord/God of the Covenant"· Mattan: Priest of Baal, killed during Jehoiada's reforms

Glossary

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Athaliah· Baal (Idol)· Chronicles, Books of First and Second· Genealogy· Jehoiada· Mattan

Topics

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Mattan: A Priest of Baal Killed in the Idol's Temple at Jerusalem· Religious Zeal: Jehoiada