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2 Chronicles 23:17

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2 Chronicles 23:17

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

So all the people 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.

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KJV

King James Version

Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

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WEB

World English Bible

All the people went to the house of Baal, broke it down, broke his altars and his images in pieces, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

2 Chronicles 23

15 So they seized Athaliah as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate on the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.

16 Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and the king and the people that they would be the LORD’s people.

17 So all the people 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.

18 Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David.

19 He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the LORD, so that no one who was in any way unclean could enter.

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Berean Standard Bible · Public domain
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King James Version · Public domain outside the United Kingdom
King James (Authorized) Version, standardized 1769 text, provided by the CrossWire Bible Society and eBible.org. Square brackets indicate supplied words; ¶ marks a paragraph in this source.

World English Bible · Public domain
Protestant edition, 66 books, American spelling; uses LORD/GOD for the divine name. Text supplied by eBible.org.

American Standard Version · Public domain
American Standard Version (1901). Text supplied by eBible.org.

Berean Literal Bible · Public domain
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