H1168A–בַּעַל–ba.al

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

הַבַּ֖עַל (בַּ֖עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshippers, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice [ergänzt: to do] to Baal; whoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.

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

Jehu said, Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal. They proclaimed it.

לַבַּ֖עַל (בַּ֖עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that didn't come. They came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was filled from one end to another.

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

He said to him who was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. He brought them forth vestments.

הַבָּ֑עַל (בָּ֑עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal; and he said to the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of Yahweh, but the worshippers of Baal only.

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

It happened, 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 kill them; let none come forth. They struck 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.

הַבָּֽעַל׃ (בָּֽעַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

They brought forth the pillars that were in the house of Baal, and burned them.

הַבַּ֖עַל (בַּ֖עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

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

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

Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

הַבַּ֖עַל (בַּ֖עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. The priest appointed officers over the house of Yahweh.

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

They forsook all the commandments of Yahweh their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and worshiped all the host of the sky, and served Baal.

הַבָּֽעַל׃ (בָּֽעַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshiped all the host of the sky, and served them.

לַבַּ֗עַל (בַּ֗עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the temple of Yahweh all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of the sky, and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel.

לַבַּ֣עַל (בַּ֣עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

He put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; those also who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of the sky.

לַבַּ֗עַל (בַּ֗עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn't seek the Baals,

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

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

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

For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of Yahweh did they bestow on the Baals.

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

but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baals.

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

For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baals, and made Asheroth, and worshiped all the host of the sky, and served them.

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

They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and the sun-images that were on high above them he hewed down; and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it on the graves [ergänzt: of those] who had sacrificed to them.

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

The priests didn't say, Where is Yahweh? and those who handle the law didn't know me: the rulers also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

בַבַּ֔עַל (בַּ֔עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

How can you say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? see your way in the valley, know what you have done: [ergänzt: you are] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

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

Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,

לַבָּ֑עַל (בָּ֑עַל) Ba.'al “Baal”

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

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