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2 Kings 10:27-29
New English Translation
2 Kings 10:27-29
New English Translation
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.
A Summary of Jehu’s Reign
29 However, Jehu did not repudiate the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had encouraged Israel to commit; the golden calves remained in Bethel and Dan.[f]
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- 2 Kings 10:27 tn Or “pulled down.”
- 2 Kings 10:27 tn The verb “they demolished” is repeated in the Hebrew text.
- 2 Kings 10:27 tn Heb “and they made it into.”
- 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.”
- 2 Kings 10:28 tn Heb “destroyed Baal.”
- 2 Kings 10:29 tn Heb “Except the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat which he caused Israel to commit, Jehu did not turn aside from after them—the golden calves which [were in] Bethel and which [were] in Dan.”
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