similarly occurs as a translation of מָחֲרָאָה (macharaah', literally an easing one's self, 2 Kings 10:27 for which in the margin, by euphemism, מוֹצָאָה, motsaah', an outgoing), a privy or sewer. Jehu, in order to show his contempt for the worship of Baal, ordered his temple to be destroyed, and the place converted to a vile use, that of receiving offal or ordure. On this mode of degradation, comp. Ezra 6:11; Daniel 2:5.