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26 They hauled out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it. 27 They demolished[a] the sacred pillar of Baal and[b] the temple of Baal; it is used as[c] a latrine[d] to this very day. 28 So Jehu eradicated Baal worship[e] from Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 10:27 tn Or “pulled down.”
  2. 2 Kings 10:27 tn The verb “they demolished” is repeated in the Hebrew text.
  3. 2 Kings 10:27 tn Heb “and they made it into.”
  4. 2 Kings 10:27 tn The consonantal text (Kethib) has the hapax legomenon מַחֲרָאוֹת (makharaʾot), “places to defecate” or “dung houses” (note the related noun חֶרֶא (khereʾ)/חֲרִי (khari), “dung,” HALOT 348-49 s.v. *חֲרָאִים). The marginal reading (Qere) glosses this, perhaps euphemistically, מוֹצָאוֹת (motsaʾot), “outhouses.”
  5. 2 Kings 10:28 tn Heb “destroyed Baal.”