H1168A–בַּעַל–ba.al

And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little: Jehu will serve him much.

הַבַּ֖עַל (בַּ֖עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

And now call me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests: let none be wanting; for I have a great sacrifice [ergänzt: to do] to Baal; whoever shall be wanting shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, in order that he might bring destruction upon the servants of Baal.

הַבַּ֡עַל (בַּ֡עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”לַבַּ֔עַל (בַּ֔עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”הַבָּֽעַל׃ (בָּֽעַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

And Jehu said, Hallow a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed [ergänzt: it].

לַבַּ֖עַל (בַּ֖עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

And Jehu sent into all Israel; and all the servants of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not: and they entered into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to the other.

הַבַּ֔עַל (בַּ֔עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”הַבַּ֔עַל (בַּ֔עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”הַבַּ֖עַל (בַּ֖עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

And he said to him that was over the wardrobe, Bring forth vestments for all the servants of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.

הַבָּ֑עַל (בָּ֑עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

And Jehu and Jehonadab the son of Rechab entered into the house of Baal, and said to the servants of Baal, Search, and see that there be here with you none of the servants of Jehovah, but the servants of Baal only.

הַבָּ֑עַל (בָּ֑עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”הַבַּ֗עַל (בַּ֗עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”הַבַּ֖עַל (בַּ֖עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

And it came to pass as soon as they had ended offering up the burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the couriers and to the captains, Go in, slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the couriers and the captains cast [ergänzt: them] there. And they went to the city of the house of Baal,

הַבָּֽעַל׃ (בָּֽעַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

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

הַבַּ֖עַל (בַּ֖עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

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

הַבָּ֑עַל (בָּ֑עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”הַבַּ֔עַל (בַּ֔עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

Thus Jehu extirpated Baal out of Israel.

הַבַּ֖עַל (בַּ֖עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

Then all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and broke it down: his altars and his images they broke in pieces completely, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of Jehovah.

הַבַּ֜עַל (בַּ֜עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”הַבַּ֔עַל (בַּ֔עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

And they forsook all the commandments of Jehovah their God, and made them molten images, two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshipped all the host of the heavens, and served Baal;

הַבָּֽעַל׃ (בָּֽעַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

And he built again the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars to Baal and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

לַבַּ֗עַל (בַּ֗עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

And the king commanded Hilkijah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to bring forth out of the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that had been made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of the heavens; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel.

לַבַּ֣עַל (בַּ֣עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

And he abolished the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah, and the environs of Jerusalem; and them that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.

לַבַּ֗עַל (בַּ֗עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, for he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baals;

לַבְּעָלִֽים׃ (בְּעָלִֽים) be.'a.Lim “Baals”

And all the people went into the house of Baal, and broke it down; and they broke his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

הַבַּ֙עַל֙ (בַּ֙עַל֙) Ba.'al “Baal”הַבַּ֔עַל (בַּ֔עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

For the wicked Athaliah [ergänzt: and] her sons had devastated the house of God; and also all the hallowed things of the house of Jehovah had they employed for the Baals.

לַבְּעָלִֽים׃ (בְּעָלִֽים) be.'a.Lim “Baals”

but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and even made molten images for the Baals;

לַבְּעָלִֽים׃ (בְּעָלִֽים) be.'a.Lim “Baals”

And he built again the high places that Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars to the Baals, and made Asherahs, and worshipped all the host of heaven and served them.

לַבְּעָלִים֙ (בְּעָלִים֙) be.'a.Lim “Baals”

And they broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and the sun-pillars that were on high above them he cut down; and the Asherahs and the graven images and the molten images he broke in pieces, and made dust [ergänzt: of them] and strewed it upon the graves of those that had sacrificed to them;

הַבְּעָלִ֔ים (בְּעָלִ֔ים) be.'a.Lim “Baals”

The priests said not, Where is Jehovah? and they that handled the law knew me not; and the shepherds transgressed against me; and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after [ergänzt: things that] do not profit.

בַבַּ֔עַל (בַּ֔עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

How sayest thou, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? See thy way in the valley, acknowledge what thou hast done -- a swift dromedary traversing her ways!

הַבְּעָלִים֙ (בְּעָלִים֙) be.'a.Lim “Baals”

What? steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not ...

לַבָּ֑עַל (בָּ֑עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them;

הַבְּעָלִ֔ים (בְּעָלִ֔ים) be.'a.Lim “Baals”