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.
24
Then they went in to make offerings and burned offerings. Now Jehu had put eighty men outside, and said to them, If any man whom I give into your hands gets away, the life of him who lets him go will be the price of his life.
25
Then when the burned offering was ended, straight away Jehu said to the armed men and the captains, Go in and put them to death; let not one come out. So they put them to the sword; and, pulling the images to the earth, they went into the holy place of the house of Baal.
26
And they took out the image of Asherah from the house of Baal, and had it burned.
27
The altar of Baal was pulled down and the house of Baal was broken up and made an unclean place, as it is to this day.
28
So Jehu put an end to the worship of Baal in Israel.
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