2-Kings - 10:26



26 They brought out the pillars that were in the house of Baal, and burned them.

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Kings 10:26.

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And brought the statue out of Baal's temple, and burnt it,
and bring out the standing-pillars of the house of Baal, and burn them,
And they took out the image of Asherah from the house of Baal, and had it burned.
They brought out the pillar that was in the house of Baal, and burned them.
and they took away the statue from the shrine of Baal, and they burned it up

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

The images - Or "pillars" of wood. The Phoenician pillar idols were mere columns, obelisks, or posts, destitute of any shaping into the semblance of humanity (compare 1-Kings 14:23 note).

And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burnt them. Lesser images, the images of other deities, or what were placed as decorations of the temple.

They then fetched the columns (מצּבת) out of the temple and burned them (the suffix in ישׂרפוּה refers to the plural מצּבת taken as an abstract noun, as in 2-Kings 3:3; cf. Ewald, 317, a.). They then broke in pieces the הבּעל מצּבת, column of Baal, i.e., the real image of Baal, probably a conical stone dedicated to Baal, whereas the מצּבת, which were burned, were wooden columns as πάρεδροι or σύμβοομοι of Baal (see Movers, Phniz. i. p. 674).

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