2 Kongebok 10:27

Det Norsk Bibelselskap

og Ba'als egen støtte rev de ned; og Ba'als hus rev de ned og gjorde det til vannhuser, som er der den dag idag.

Bible Verse Review
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brake down the image: 2 Kings 18:4, 2 Kings 23:7-14, Leviticus 26:30, Deuteronomy 7:5, Deuteronomy 7:25, 1 Kings 16:32, 2 Chronicles 34:3-7

made it a draught house: This was an ancient mode of degradation, which still continues in the East; and we are informed, that Abbas the Great, king of Persia, having conquered Bagdad, treated the tomb of Hanifah, one of the fathers of the church among the Turks, in a similar manner. Ezra 6:11, Daniel 2:5, Daniel 3:29

Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:45 - break down 2 Kings 23:6 - the graves 2 Chronicles 34:4 - graves Matthew 15:17 - and is

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they broke down the temple of Baal,.... Which some take to be Belus, others Saturn, others the sun, which seems most probable:

and broke down the house of Baal; his temple, demolished it:

and made it a draught house until this day; a common sewer, a jakes; a fit place for dunghill gods to be thrown into, and an idol temple to be turned into.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And they brake down the image of Baal - The other images, it appears, were not images of Baal, but of inferior deities. The image of Baal, which was “broken down,” and not burned, would seem to have been of stone, perhaps erected in front of the temple.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 27. Made it a draught house — A place for human excrement; so all the versions understand it. Nothing could be more degrading than this; he made it a public necessary.