2 Kings 10:27

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.

Complete Jewish Bible:

Finally, they broke down Ba'al's standing-stone and demolished the temple of Ba'al, converting it into a latrine, which it still is today.

Berean Standard Bible:

They also demolished the sacred pillar of Baal. Then they tore down the temple of Baal and made it into a latrine, which it is to this day.

American Standard Version:

And they brake down the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house, unto this day.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

And they brake down{H5422} the image{H4676} of Baal{H1168}, and brake down{H5422} the house{H1004} of Baal{H1168}, and made{H7760} it a draught house{H4163}{H4280} unto this day{H3117}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Ezra 6:11

  • Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

Daniel 3:29

  • Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

Daniel 2:5

  • The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

1 Kings 16:32

  • And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.

Deuteronomy 7:5

  • But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

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 unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

Deuteronomy 7:25

  • The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold [that is] on them, nor take [it] unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it [is] an abomination to the LORD thy God.

Explore This Verse Across Other Resources:


Commentary for 2 Kings 10:27

No commentary available.

*This commentary is produced by Microsoft/WizardLM-2-8x22B AI model

Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H5422
    There are 41 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נָתַץ
    Transliteration: nâthats
    Pronunciation: naw-thats'
    Description: a primitive root; to tear down; beat down, break down (out), cast down, destroy, overthrow, pull down, throw down.
  2. Strong's Number: H4676
    There are 31 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מַצֵּבָה
    Transliteration: matstsêbâh
    Pronunciation: mats-tsay-baw'
    Description: feminine (causatively) participle of נָצַב; something stationed, i.e. a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol; garrison, (standing) image, pillar.
  3. Strong's Number: H1168
    There are 68 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בַּעַל
    Transliteration: Baʻal
    Pronunciation: bah'-al
    Description: the same as בַּעַל; Baal, a Phoenician deity; Baal, (plural) Baalim.
  4. Strong's Number: H1004
    There are 1718 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בַּיִת
    Transliteration: bayith
    Pronunciation: bah'-yith
    Description: probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
  5. Strong's Number: H7760
    There are 550 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שׂוּם
    Transliteration: sûwm
    Pronunciation: soom
    Description: or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.
  6. Strong's Number: H4163
    There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מוֹצָאָה
    Transliteration: môwtsâʼâh
    Pronunciation: mo-tsaw-aw'
    Description: feminine of מוֹצָא; (marg.; compare צוֹאָה); a family descent; also a sewer; draught house; going forth.
  7. Strong's Number: H4280
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: מַחֲרָאָה
    Transliteration: machărâʼâh
    Pronunciation: makh-ar-aw-aw'
    Description: from the same as חֶרֶא; a sink; draught house.
  8. Strong's Number: H3117
    There are 1931 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יוֹם
    Transliteration: yôwm
    Pronunciation: yome
    Description: from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.