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.
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Then he and Jonadab went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings to Baal. He had stationed eighty men outside the temple and had instructed them: "You are to kill all these people; anyone who lets one of them escape will pay for it with his life!"
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As soon as Jehu had presented the offerings, he said to the guards and officers, "Go in and kill them all; don't let anyone escape!" They went in with drawn swords, killed them all, and dragged the bodies outside. Then they went on into the inner sanctuary of the temple,
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brought out the sacred pillar that was there, and burned it.
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So they destroyed the sacred pillar and the temple, and turned the temple into a latrine - which it still is today.
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That was how Jehu wiped out the worship of Baal in Israel.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.