2 Kings 10:24

24 So they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. But Jehu had stationed 80 of his men outside. He said[to them], "If any of the people I'm putting in your hands escape, you will pay for their lives with yours."

2 Kings 10:24 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 10:24

And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings,
&c.] To Baal, all things being ready for them:

Jehu appointed eighty men without;
without the temple of Baal, at the several doors and avenues of it:

and said, if any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape,
he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him;
should be put to death for it in his room; the life of a watchman set to guard should go for the life of one that escaped.

2 Kings 10:24 In-Context

22 Then Jehu told the man in charge of the priests' robes, "Bring out the robes for all the worshipers of Baal." So he brought out robes for them.

23 Jehu and Jehonadab, son of Rechab, went into the temple of Baal and said to the worshipers of Baal, "Make sure that there are no worshipers of the LORD here with you. Only the worshipers of Baal should be here."

24 So they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. But Jehu had stationed 80 of his men outside. He said[to them], "If any of the people I'm putting in your hands escape, you will pay for their lives with yours."

25 When the burnt offerings had been made, Jehu said to the guards and attendants, "Kill them. Don't let anyone get away." So they used swords to kill the Baal worshipers and threw out the bodies until the guards and attendants came to the stronghold in the temple of Baal.

26 Then they brought out the large sacred stone of the temple of Baal and burned it.