2 Kings 10:18

Jehu Executes the Prophets and Priests of Baal

10:18 Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, “Ahab worshiped ¹  Baal a little; Jehu will worship ²  him with great devotion. ³ 

2 Kings 21:21

21:21 He followed in the footsteps of his father ⁴  and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols ⁵  which his father had worshiped. ⁶ 

2 Kings 10:22

10:22 Jehu ordered the one who was in charge of the wardrobe, ⁷  “Bring out robes for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out robes for them.

2 Kings 17:12

17:12 They worshiped ⁸  the disgusting idols ⁹  in blatant disregard of the Lord’s command. ¹⁰ 

2 Kings 18:7

18:7 The Lord was with him; he succeeded in all his endeavors. ¹¹  He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to submit to him. ¹² 

2 Kings 10:23

10:23 Then Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rekab went to the temple of Baal. Jehu ¹³  said to the servants of Baal, “Make sure there are no servants of the Lord here with you; there must be only servants of Baal.” ¹⁴ 

2 Kings 17:33

17:33 They were worshiping ¹⁵  the Lord and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported.

2 Kings 17:35

17:35 The Lord made an agreement ¹⁶  with them ¹⁷  and instructed them, “You must not worship other gods. Do not bow down to them, serve them, or offer sacrifices to them.

2 Kings 25:24

25:24 Gedaliah took an oath so as to give them and their troops some assurance of safety. ¹⁸  He said, “You don’t need to be afraid to submit to the Babylonian officials. Settle down in the land and submit to the king of Babylon. Then things will go well for you.”

2 Kings 10:19

10:19 So now, bring to me all the prophets of Baal, as well as all his servants and priests. ¹⁹  None of them must be absent, for I am offering a great sacrifice to Baal. Any of them who fail to appear will lose their lives.” But Jehu was tricking them ²⁰  so he could destroy the servants of Baal.

2 Kings 10:21

10:21 Jehu sent invitations throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; not one was absent. They arrived at the temple of Baal and filled it up from end to end. ²¹ 

2 Kings 17:16

17:16 They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God; they made two metal calves and an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the stars in the sky, ²²  and worshiped ²³  Baal.

2 Kings 17:41

17:41 These nations are worshiping the Lord and at the same time serving their idols; their sons and grandsons do just as their fathers have done, to this very day.

2 Kings 21:3

21:3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for Baal and made an Asherah pole just like King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky ²⁴  and worshiped ²⁵  them.

[10:18]  ¹ tn Or “served.

[10:18]  ² tn Or “serve.”

[10:18]  ³ tn Heb “much” or “greatly.”

[21:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “walked in all the way which his father walked.”

[21:21]  ⁵ sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.

[21:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he served the disgusting idols which his father served and he bowed down to them.”

[10:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he said to the one who was over the wardrobe.”

[17:12]  ¹⁰ tn Or “served.”

[17:12]  ¹¹ sn See the note at 1 Kgs 15:12.

[17:12]  ¹² tn Heb “about which the Lord had said to them, ‘You must not do this thing.’”

[18:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “in all which he went out [to do], he was successful.”

[18:7]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and did not serve him.”

[10:23]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehu) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:23]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Search carefully and observe so that there are not here with you any servants of the Lord, only the servants of Baal.”

[17:33]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “fearing.”

[17:35]  ²² tn Or “covenant.”

[17:35]  ²³ sn That is, the descendants of Jacob/Israel (see v. 35b).

[25:24]  ²⁵ tn The words “so as to give them…some assurance of safety” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[10:19]  ²⁸ tn Heb “and now, all the prophets of Baal, all his servants and all his priests summon to me.”

[10:19]  ²⁹ tn Heb “acted with deception [or, ‘trickery’].”

[10:21]  ³¹ tn Heb “and the house of Baal was filled mouth to mouth.”

[17:16]  ³⁴ tn The phrase כָל צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם (khol tsÿva’ hashamayim), traditionally translated “all the host of heaven,” refers to the heavenly lights, including stars and planets. In 1 Kgs 22:19 these heavenly bodies are pictured as members of the Lord’s royal court or assembly, but many other texts view them as the illegitimate objects of pagan and Israelite worship.

[17:16]  ³⁵ tn Or “served.”

[21:3]  ³⁷ sn See the note at 2 Kgs 17:16.

[21:3]  ³⁸ tn Or “served.”