2-Chronicles - 23:17



17 All the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke his altars and his images in pieces, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

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Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
And all the people went into the house of Baal, and destroyed it: and they broke down his altars and his idols: and they slew Mathan the priest of Baal before the altars.
and all the people enter the house of Baal, and break it down, yea, his altars and his images they have broken, and Mattan priest of Baal they have slain before the altars.
Then all the people went to the house of Baal and had it pulled down, and its altars and images broken up; and Mattan, the priest of Baal, they put to death before the altars.
And so, all the people entered into the house of Baal, and they destroyed it. And they broke apart his altars and idols. Also, they put to death Mattan, the priest of Baal, before the altars.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Mattan the priest - The Targum will not prostitute the term priest, but calls him כומרא cumera, priestling.

Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and (l) brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew (m) Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
(l) According to their covenant made to the Lord.
(m) As the Lord commanded in his law both for the person and also the city, (Deuteronomy 13:9, Deuteronomy 13:15).

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