Chronicles II 23:17

17 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and tore down it and its altars, and they ground his images to powder, and they slew Matthan the priest of Baal before his altars.

Chronicles II 23:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 23:17

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 23:1).

Chronicles II 23:17 In-Context

15 So they let her go ; and she went through the horsemen's gate of the house of the king, and they slew her there.
16 And Jodae made a covenant between himself, and the people, and the king, that the people should be the Lord's.
17 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and tore down it and its altars, and they ground his images to powder, and they slew Matthan the priest of Baal before his altars.
18 And Jodae the priest committed the works of the house of the Lord into the and of the priests and Levites, and he re-established the courses of the priests and Levites which David appointed over the house of the Lord, and to offer whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with gladness, and with songs by the hand of David.
19 And the porters stood at the gates of the house of the Lord, that no one unclean in any respect should enter in.

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