2 Kings 10:26

10:26 They hauled out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.

2 Kings 10:28

10:28 So Jehu eradicated Baal worship ¹  from Israel.

2 Kings 23:15

23:15 He also tore down the altar in Bethel ²  at the high place made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin. ³  He burned all the combustible items at that high place and crushed them to dust; including the Asherah pole. ⁴ 

2 Kings 23:27

23:27 The Lord announced, “I will also spurn Judah, ⁵  just as I spurned Israel. I will reject this city that I chose – both Jerusalem and the temple, about which I said, “I will live there.” ⁶ 

2 Kings 23:35

23:35 Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh the required amount of silver and gold, but to meet Pharaoh’s demands Jehoiakim had to tax the land. He collected an assessed amount from each man among the people of the land in order to pay Pharaoh Necho. ⁷ 

[10:28]  ¹ tn Heb “destroyed Baal.”

[23:15]  ¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[23:15]  ² tn Heb “And also the altar that is in Bethel, the high place that Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin, also that altar and the high place he tore down.” The more repetitive Hebrew text is emphatic.

[23:15]  ³ tn Heb “he burned the high place, crushing to dust, and he burned the Asherah pole.” High places per se are never referred to as being burned elsewhere. בָּמָה (bamah) here stands by metonymy for the combustible items located on the high place. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 289.

[23:27]  ¹ tn Heb “Also Judah I will turn away from my face.”

[23:27]  ² tn Heb “My name will be there.”

[23:35]  ¹ tn Heb “And the silver and the gold Jehoiakim gave to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the silver at the command of Pharaoh, [from] each according to his tax he collected the silver and the gold, from the people of the land, to give to Pharaoh Necho.”