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2 Kings 11:18-20
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18 All the people of the land went and demolished[a] the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols[b] to bits.[c] They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altar. Jehoiada the priest[d] then placed guards at the Lord’s temple. 19 He took the officers of the units of hundreds, the Carians, the royal bodyguard, and all the people of the land, and together they led the king down from the Lord’s temple. They entered the royal palace through the Gate of the Royal Bodyguard,[e] and the king[f] sat down on the royal throne. 20 All the people of the land celebrated, for the city had rest now that they had killed Athaliah with the sword in the royal palace.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 11:18 tn Or “tore down.”
  2. 2 Kings 11:18 tn Or “images.”
  3. 2 Kings 11:18 tn The Hebrew construction translated “smashed…to bits” is emphatic. The adverbial infinitive absolute (הֵיטֵב [hetev], “well”) accompanying the Piel form of the verb שָׁבַר (shavar), “break,” suggests thorough demolition.
  4. 2 Kings 11:18 tn Heb “the priest.” Jehoiada’s name is added for clarification.
  5. 2 Kings 11:19 tn Heb “the Gate of the Runners of the House of the King.”
  6. 2 Kings 11:19 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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