2 Chronicles 23:17

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

2 Chronicles 23:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 23:17

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 23:1).

2 Chronicles 23:17 In-Context

15 So they laid hands on her, and she entered into the entrance of the horse gate of the king’s house, and they slew her there.
16 And Jehoiada made a covenant between him and between all the people and between the king that they should be the LORD’s people.
17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal and broke it down and broke in pieces his altars and his images and slew Mattan, the priest of Baal, before the altars.
18 Also Jehoiada ordered the offices of the house of the LORD under the hand of the priests, the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
19 He also set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD so that there should be no way for anyone who was unclean to enter in.
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