They demolished the sacred pillar of Baal and the temple of Baal; it is used as a latrine to this very day.

He hid out with his nurse in the Lord’s temple for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.

Another third of you will be stationed at the Foundation Gate. Still another third of you will be stationed at the gate behind the royal guard. You will take turns guarding the palace.

When Athaliah heard the royal guard shout, she joined the crowd at the Lord’s temple.

They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses’ entrance. There she was executed.

It was handed over to the foremen who used it to repair the Lord’s temple.

(The silver collected in conjunction with reparation offerings and sin offerings was not brought to the Lord’s temple; it belonged to the priests.)

His servants conspired against him and murdered Joash at Beth-Millo, on the road that goes down to Silla.

When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord’s temple.

Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit.

He built altars in the Lord’s temple, about which the Lord had said, “Jerusalem will be my home.”

In the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.

including craftsmen, builders, and masons, and should buy wood and chiseled stone for the repair work.

Elisha said to her, “What can I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house except a small jar of olive oil.”

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.

In the seventh year Jehoiada summoned the officers of the units of hundreds of the Carians and the royal bodyguard. He met with them in the Lord’s temple. He made an agreement with them and made them swear an oath of allegiance in the Lord’s temple. Then he showed them the king’s son.

Jehoiada the priest ordered the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army, “Bring her outside the temple to the guards. Put the sword to anyone who follows her.” The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord’s temple.

All the people of the land went and demolished the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols to bits. They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altar. Jehoiada the priest then placed guards at the Lord’s temple.

He took the officers of the units of hundreds, the Carians, the royal bodyguard, and all the people of land, and together they led the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Gate of the Royal Bodyguard, and the king sat down on the royal throne.

Jehoash said to the priests, “I place at your disposal all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the Lord’s temple, including the silver collected from the census tax, the silver received from those who have made vows, and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the Lord’s temple.