King James Version
2 Kings 10:26 in the King James Version says “And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. images: Heb. statues” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. images: Heb. statues”
2 Kings 10:26 · KJV
And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.
And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal. the edge: Heb. the mouth
And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. images: Heb. statues
And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.
Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And they brought forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the images”
H4676something stationed, i.e., a column or (memorial stone); by analogy, an idol
“out of the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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