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Tuesday, September 16th, 2025
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Young's Literal Translation

2 Kings 10:28

And Jehu destroyeth Baal out of Israel,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Confidence;   Enthusiasm;   Falsehood;   Iconoclasm;   Inconsistency;   Intolerance, Religious;   Jehu;   Massacre;   Religion;   Samaria;   Treachery;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Baal;   False;   Gods, False;   Idolatry;   Images;   Worship, False;   Worship, True and False;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Baal;   Samaria;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Samaria, samaritans;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Gods and Goddesses, Pagan;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Baal (1);   Calf Worship;   Hezekiah;   Idol;   Old Testament;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Crimes and Punishments;   Jehu;   Lord;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Asherah;   Idolatry;   Jehu;   Rechab, Rechabites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Baal, Baalim ;   Jehu ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jehu;   Samaria;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Calf;   Jehu;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Calf, Golden;   Jehu;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Jehu eliminated Baal worship from Israel,
Hebrew Names Version
Thus Yehu destroyed Ba`al out of Yisra'el.
King James Version
Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
English Standard Version
Thus Jehu wiped out Baal from Israel.
New Century Version
So Jehu destroyed Baal worship in Israel,
New English Translation
So Jehu eradicated Baal worship from Israel.
Amplified Bible
Thus Jehu eradicated Baal from Israel.
New American Standard Bible
So Jehu eradicated Baal from Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So Iehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
Contemporary English Version
That's how Jehu stopped the worship of Baal in Israel.
Complete Jewish Bible
Thus Yehu rid Isra'el of Ba‘al.
Darby Translation
Thus Jehu extirpated Baal out of Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Jehu destroyed Baal worship in Israel,
George Lamsa Translation
Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
Good News Translation
That was how Jehu wiped out the worship of Baal in Israel.
Lexham English Bible
So Jehu wiped out Baal from Israel.
Literal Translation
And Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus Iehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
American Standard Version
Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
So Jehu put an end to the worship of Baal in Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so Iehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
King James Version (1611)
Thus Iehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So Ju abolished Baal out of Israel.
English Revised Version
Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
Thus Jehu eradicated Baal from Israel,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Hieu dide awei Baal fro Israel;
Update Bible Version
Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
World English Bible
Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
New King James Version
Thus Jehu destroyed Baal from Israel.
New Living Translation
In this way, Jehu destroyed every trace of Baal worship from Israel.
New Life Bible
So Jehu got rid of Baal from Israel.
New Revised Standard
Thus Jehu wiped out Baal from Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel:
Revised Standard Version
Thus Jehu wiped out Ba'al from Israel.
THE MESSAGE
And that's the story of Jehu's wasting of Baal in Israel.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Thus Jehu eradicated Baal out of Israel.

Contextual Overview

15 And he goeth thence, and findeth Jehonadab son of Rechab -- to meet him, and blesseth him, and saith unto him, `Is thy heart right, as my heart [is] with thy heart?' and Jehonadab saith, `It is;' -- `Then it is; give thy hand;' and he giveth his hand, and he causeth him to come up into him into the chariot, 16 and saith, `Come with me, and look on my zeal for Jehovah;' and they cause him to ride in his chariot. 17 And he cometh in to Samaria, and smiteth all those left to Ahab in Samaria, till his destroying him, according to the word of Jehovah that He spake unto Elisha. 18 And Jehu gathereth the whole of the people, and saith unto them, `Ahab served Baal a little -- Jehu doth serve him much: 19 and now, all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests, call ye unto me; let not a man be lacking, for a great sacrifice I have for Baal; every one who is lacking -- he doth not live;' and Jehu hath done [it] in subtilty, in order to destroy the servants of Baal. 20 And Jehu saith, `Sanctify a restraint for Baal;' and they proclaim [it]. 21 And Jehu sendeth into all Israel, and all the servants of Baal come in, and there hath not been left a man who hath not come in; and they come in to the house of Baal, and the house of Baal is full -- mouth to mouth. 22 And he saith to him who [is] over the wardrobe, `Bring out clothing to all servants of Baal;' and he bringeth out to them the clothing. 23 And Jehu goeth in, and Jehonadab son of Rechab, to the house of Baal, and saith to the servants of Baal, `Search and see, lest there be here with you of the servants of Jehovah -- but, the servants of Baal by themselves.' 24 And they come in to make sacrifices and burnt-offerings, and Jehu hath set for himself in an out-place eighty men, and saith, `The man who letteth escape [any] of the men whom I am bringing in unto your hand -- his soul for his soul.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Hosea 2:13 - the days

Cross-References

Genesis 10:20
These [are] sons of Ham, by their families, by their tongues, in their lands, in their nations.
Genesis 10:28
and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
Genesis 25:3
And Jokshan hath begotten Sheba and Dedan; and the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim;
1 Kings 10:1
And the queen of Sheba is hearing of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of Jehovah, and cometh to try him with enigmas,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. His images and temples being served thus in all places, throughout the land of Israel, where there were any.


 
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