2 Kings 10:27
demolished ... sacred pillar <04676 05422> [brake down the image.]
used as ... latrine <04163 07760> [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.
2 Kings 10:20
arrangements <06942> [Proclaim. Heb. Sanctify.]
2 Kings 10:26
sacred pillar <04676> [images. Heb. statues.]
burned <08313> [and burned them.]
2 Kings 10:28
2 Kings 10:21
invitations .......... came ....... arrived <0935> [And they came.]
Baal ........... temple ... Baal <01168 01004> [the house of Baal.]
filled <06310 04390> [full from one end to another. or, so full that they stood mouth to mouth.]
2 Kings 10:23
Jehonadab <03082> [Jehonadab.]
servants .................... servants <05647> [the worshippers.]
2 Kings 10:19
prophets <05030> [all the prophets.]
servants ........................................ servants <05647> [all his servants.]
priests <03548> [all his priests.]
Jehu <03058> [But Jehu.]
2 Kings 10:22
robes ............ robes <03830 04403> [vestments.]
2 Kings 11:18
went <0935> [went.]
smashed <07665> [brake they.]
killed Mattan <04977 02026> [slew Mattan.]
placed <07760> [appointed.]
<06485> [officers. Heb. offices.]
2 Kings 3:2
did ................................ made <06213> [wrought.]
[See on]
father .............. father <01> [but not.]
mother <0517> [and like.]
sacred pillar <04676> [image. Heb. statue. Baal.]
2 Kings 10:18
Ahab worshiped Baal ...... worship <05647 01168 0256> [Ahab served Baal.]
Jehu ............... Jehu <03058> [Jehu.]
2 Kings 10:25
Come <0935> [Go in.]
<0376> [let.]
<06310> [edge. Heb. mouth.]
2 Kings 17:16
metal <04541> [molten images.]
Asherah pole <0842> [a grove.]
bowed <07812> [worshipped.]
Baal <01168> [Baal.]
2 Kings 21:3
high places <01116> [the high places.]
set <06965> [he reared.]
Asherah pole <0842> [a grove.]
Rather, as we have before remarked, Asherah or Astarte. So Castel defines Asherah to be {Simulacrum ligneum Astart‘ dicatum;} "A wooden image dedicated to Astarte."
Ahab <0256> [Ahab.]
bowed <07812> [and worshipped.]
2 Kings 23:5
eliminated <07673> [put down. Heb. caused to cease. the idolatrous priests.]
Heb. Chemarim.
"Foretold. Zep 1:4, 5."
constellations <04208> [planets. or, twelve signs, or constellations.]
So the Vulgate {duodecim signa,} "the twelve signs," i.e., the zodiac; which is the most probable meaning of the word {mazzaloth,} from the Arabic {manzeel,} a {caravanserai,} house, or dwelling, as being the apparent dwellings of the sun in his annual course; and the Targumists and Rabbins often employ the words {tereysar mazzalaya,} to denote the signs of the zodiac.
stars <06635> [all the host.]
2 Kings 23:4
priest ... high-ranking priests <04932 03548> [priests of the second order.]
These were either such as occasionally supplied the high priest's office, or those of the second course or order established by David. See the References.
<08104> [the keepers.]
bring out <03318> [to bring.]
Baal <01168> [Baal.]
Kidron <06939> [Kidron.]
[Cedron. Beth-el.]
