2nd Kings Chapter 10 verse 27 Holy Bible
And they brake down the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house, unto this day.
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The altar of Baal was pulled down and the house of Baal was broken up and made an unclean place, as it is to this day.
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and they broke down the column of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house to this day.
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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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And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house to this day.
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They broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine, to this day.
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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.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 27. - And they brake down the image of Baal; rather, they brake in pieces the pillar of Baal. The representation of Baal, the main stele of the temple, being of stone or metal, could not be destroyed by fire, and was therefore broken to pieces (comp. 2 Kings 23:14). And brake down the house of Baal - i.e. partially ruined it, but still left portions of it standing, as a memorial of the sin and of its punishment - a solemn warning, one would have thought, to the people of the capital - and made it a draught-house unto this day; made it, i.e., "a depository for all the filth of the town" (Stanley); comp. Ezra 6:11; Daniel 2:5; Daniel 3:29; and for the word "draught" in this sense, see Matthew 15:17. Such a use was the greatest possible desecration.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(27) The image of Baal.--Again the word is pillar, which in this case is the conical pillar of stone representing the Baal himself. The wooden pillars of 2Kings 10:26 probably symbolised companion deities (???????? ????????) of the principal idol.Made it a draught house.--By way of utter desecration. (Comp. Ezekiel 6:11; Daniel 2:5.)Unto this day.--On the bearing of this phrase, see the Introduction to the Books of Kings.
