2 Kings 11:18

And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
people	עַם֩ 'am	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular construct
land	הָאָ֨רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
went	וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ vai.ya.Vo.'u	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
house	בֵּית beit-	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
Baal	הַבַּ֜עַל ha.Ba.'al	H1168	Baal · definite article + noun, masculine singular absolute
down	וַֽיִּתְּצֻ֗הוּ vai.yi.te.Tzu.hu	H5422	to tear down · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
altars	מִזְבְּחֹתָ֤יו miz.be.cho.tov	H4196	an altar · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
images	צְלָמָיו֙ tze.la.Mav	H6754	a phantom · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
pieces	שִׁבְּר֣וּ shi.be.Ru	H7665	to burst (literally or figuratively) · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person common plural
thoroughly	הֵיטֵ֔ב hei.Tev	H3190	to be (causative) make well · verb, hiphil infinitive absolute
slew	הָרְג֖וּ ha.re.Gu	H2026	to smite with deadly intent · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
Mattan	מַתָּן֙ ma.Tan	H4977	Mattan · proper noun, a man's name
priest	כֹּהֵ֣ן ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · noun, common masculine singular construct
Baal	הַבַּ֔עַל ha.Ba.'al	H1168	Baal · definite article + noun, masculine singular absolute
before	לִפְנֵ֣י lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
altars	הַֽמִּזְבְּח֑וֹת ha.miz.be.Chot	H4196	an altar · definite article + noun, common feminine plural absolute
priest	הַכֹּהֵ֛ן ha.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
appointed	וַיָּ֧שֶׂם vai.Ya.sem	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
officers	פָּקַד pâqad	H6485	to visit (with friendly or hostile intent)
house	בֵּ֥ית beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָֽה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 12:3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of th…
1 Kings 18:40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the br…
2 Kings 10:26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
2 Kings 18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for u…
Deuteronomy 13:5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which br…
Exodus 32:20 And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the chi…
Deuteronomy 13:9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
2 Kings 9:25-28 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, whe…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 11:17–end

Jehoiada had now got over the harlot part of his work, when, by the death of Athaliah, the young prince had his way to the throne cleared of all opposition. He had now to improve his advantages for the perfecting of the revolution and the settling of the government. Two things we have an account of here: - I. The good foundations he laid, by an original contract, Kg2 11:17. Now that prince and people were together in God's house, as it should seem before they stirred, Jehoiada took care that they should jointly covenant with God, and mutually covenant with each other, that they might rightly understand their duty both to God and to one another, and be firmly bound to it. 1. He endeavoured t…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 11:17

JEHOIADA RESTORES GOD'S WORSHIP. (Kg2 11:17-20) a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people--The covenant with the Lord was a renewal of the national covenant with Israel (Exo. 19:1-24:18; "to be unto him a people of inheritance," Deu 4:6; Deu 27:9). The covenant between the king and the people was the consequence of this, and by it the king bound himself to rule according to the divine law, while the people engaged to submit, to give him allegiance as the Lord's anointed. The immediate fruit of this renewal of the covenant was the destruction of the temple and the slaughter of the priests of Baal (see Kg2 10:27); the restoration of the pure worship of God in all its ancient int…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 11:18

His altars and images brake they in pieces - It is probable that Athaliah had set up the worship of Baal in Judah, as Jezebel had done in Israel; or probably it had never been removed since the days of Solomon. It was no wonder that Jehoiada began his reform with this act, when we learn from Ch2 24:7, that the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the Lord did they bestow upon Baalim.

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

Jehoash — Jehovah-given. (1.) The son of King Ahaziah. While yet an infant, he was saved from the general massacre of the family by his aunt Jehosheba, and was apparently the only surviving descendant of…
Mattan — Gift. (1.) A priest of Baal, slain before his altar during the reformation under Jehoiada (2 Kings 11:18). (2.) The son of Eleazar, and father of Jacob, who was the father of Joseph, the husband of…
Baal · . — .
Church · HOUSE OF THE LOR — HOUSE OF THE LOR
Iconoclasm · .Jehoiada — .Jehoiada
Joash · .Anointed king by the priest, Jehoiada — .Anointed king by the priest, Jehoiada
Mattan · 1. A priest of Baal killed in the idol’s temple at — 1. A priest of Baal killed in the idol’s temple at

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Kings 11:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 11:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 11:17

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 11:18

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 11:18

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 11:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 11:17

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 11:18

John Gill

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 11:4-18

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 11:18

Rashi on 2 Kings 11:18