2 Kings 10:26
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New International Version (©2011)
They brought the sacred stone out of the temple of Baal and burned it.

New Living Translation (©2007)
They dragged out the sacred pillar used in the worship of Baal and burned it.

English Standard Version (©2001)
and they brought out the pillar that was in the house of Baal and burned it.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
They brought out the sacred pillars of the house of Baal and burned them.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
They brought out the pillars of the temple of Baal and burned them

International Standard Version (©2012)
from which they brought out the sacred pillars and burned them.

NET Bible (©2006)
They hauled out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Then they brought out the large sacred stone of the temple of Baal and burned it.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.

American King James Version
And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.

American Standard Version
And they brought forth the pillars that were in the house of Baal, and burned them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And brought the statue out of Baal's temple, and burnt it,

Darby Bible Translation
and brought forth the columns out of the house of Baal, and burned them;

English Revised Version
And they brought forth the pillars that were in the house of Baal, and burned them.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.

World English Bible
They brought out the pillars that were in the house of Baal, and burned them.

Young's Literal Translation
and bring out the standing-pillars of the house of Baal, and burn them,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

10:15-28 Is thine heart right? This is a question we should often put to ourselves. I make a fair profession, have gained a reputation among men, but, is my heart right? Am I sincere with God? Jehonadab owned Jehu in the work, both of revenge and of reformation. An upright heart approves itself to God, and seeks no more than his acceptance; but if we aim at the applause of men, we are upon a false foundation. Whether Jehu looked any further we cannot judge. The law of God was express, that idolaters were to be put to death. Thus idolatry was abolished for the present out of Israel. May we desire that it be rooted out of our hearts.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 26. - And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal; rather, the pillars (see the comment on 1 Kings 14:23). It was a special feature of the Phoenician worship to represent the gods by στῆλαι or κίονες, which appear to have been conical stones, or obelisks, destitute of any shaping into the semblance of humanity (see Tacitus, 'Hist.,' 2:3; Damasc. ap. Phot, 'Bibliothec.,' p. 1063; Max. Tyr.,' Diss.,' 38. p. 384). The Phoenicians acknowledged several deities besides Baal, as Ashtoreth, Melkarth, Dagon, Adonis or Tammuz, El, Sadyk, Esmun, and the Kabiri. The "pillars brought forth" may have represented some of these deities, who might all of them be "contemplar" deities with Baal; or they may have been "Baalim," i.e. forms and aspects of Baal, each the object of some special cult (see Hovers, 'Phonizier,' § 674). And burned them. The "pillars" in this instance were probably, not of stone, but of wood.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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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Jehu Kills the Priests of Baal
…25And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal. 26And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. 27And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house to this day.

1 Kings 14:23 They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree.
1 Kings 16:32 He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal that he built in Samaria.
2 Kings 3:2 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father and mother had done. He got rid of the sacred stone of Baal that his father had made.
2 Kings 11:18 All the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. Then Jehoiada the priest posted guards at the temple of the LORD.
Isaiah 27:9 By this, then, will Jacob's guilt be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: When he makes all the altar stones to be like limestone crushed to pieces, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left standing.