The men of the city said to Joash, &#8220;Bring out your son, so we can execute him!<n id="1" /> He pulled down the Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">They were having a good time,<n id="1" /> when suddenly<n id="2" /> some men of the city, some good-for-nothings,<n id="3" /> surrounded the house and kept beating<n id="4" /> on the door. They said to the old man who owned the house, &#8220;Send out the man who came to visit you so we can have sex with him.&#8221;<n id="5" />