2 Kings 11:18 meaning and explanation
So 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 they killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. And Jehoiada the priest posted guards for the house of the LORD.
2 Kings 11:18, Berean Standard Bible
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After Jehoiada the priest crowns the boy Joash and Athaliah is executed, the covenant renewal in verse 17 leads directly to this purge. The people of the land, not a foreign army, act together: they demolish the temple of Baal, break its altars and idols, and kill Mattan, Baal's priest, at the altars themselves.
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