2 Kings 10:27
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New International Version (©2011)
They demolished the sacred stone of Baal and tore down the temple of Baal, and people have used it for a latrine to this day.

New Living Translation (©2007)
They smashed the sacred pillar and wrecked the temple of Baal, converting it into a public toilet, as it remains to this day.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And they demolished the pillar of Baal, and demolished the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
They also broke down the sacred pillar of Baal and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
and tore down the pillar of Baal. Then they tore down the temple of Baal and made it a latrine--which it is to this day.

International Standard Version (©2012)
They also cut down the pillar to Baal, tore apart Baal's temple, and turned it into a latrine—and it remains that way today.

NET Bible (©2006)
They demolished the sacred pillar of Baal and the temple of Baal; it is used as a latrine to this very day.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They destroyed the sacred stone of Baal and the temple of Baal and made it into a latrine. It is still a latrine today.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a refuse dump unto this day.

American King James Version
And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house to this day.

American Standard Version
And they brake down the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house, unto this day.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And broke it in pieces. They destroyed also the temple of Baal, and made a jakes in its place unto this day.

Darby Bible Translation
and they broke down the column of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house to this day.

English Revised Version
And they brake down the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house, unto this day.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught-house to this day.

World English Bible
They broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine, to this day.

Young's Literal Translation
and break down the standing-pillar of Baal, and break down the house of Baal, and appoint it for a draught-house unto this day.

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 27. - And they brake down the image of Baal; rather, they brake in pieces the pillar of Baal. The representation of Baal, the main stele of the temple, being of stone or metal, could not be destroyed by fire, and was therefore broken to pieces (comp. 2 Kings 23:14). And brake down the house of Baal - i.e. partially ruined it, but still left portions of it standing, as a memorial of the sin and of its punishment - a solemn warning, one would have thought, to the people of the capital - and made it a draught-house unto this day; made it, i.e., "a depository for all the filth of the town" (Stanley); comp. Ezra 6:11; Daniel 2:5; Daniel 3:29; and for the word "draught" in this sense, see Matthew 15:17. Such a use was the greatest possible desecration.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they broke down the temple of Baal,.... Which some take to be Belus, others Saturn, others the sun, which seems most probable:

and broke down the house of Baal; his temple, demolished it:

and made it a draught house until this day; a common sewer, a jakes; a fit place for dunghill gods to be thrown into, and an idol temple to be turned into.

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Jehu Kills the Priests 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. 28Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

2 Kings 10:28 So Jehu destroyed Baal worship in Israel.
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.
Ezra 6:11 Furthermore, I decree that if anyone defies this edict, a beam is to be pulled from their house and they are to be impaled on it. And for this crime their house is to be made a pile of rubble.
Daniel 2:5 The king replied to the astrologers, "This is what I have firmly decided: If you do not tell me what my dream was and interpret it, I will have you cut into pieces and your houses turned into piles of rubble.
Daniel 3:29 Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego be cut into pieces and their houses be turned into piles of rubble, for no other god can save in this way."