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25 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 [them] there. And they went to the city of the house of Baal,

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

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

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25 As soon as Jehu had finished making the burnt offering, he ordered the guards and officers: “Go in and kill(A) them; let no one escape.”(B) So they cut them down with the sword. The guards and officers threw the bodies out and then entered the inner shrine of the temple of Baal. 26 They brought the sacred stone(C) out of the temple of Baal and burned it. 27 They demolished the sacred stone of Baal and tore down the temple(D) of Baal, and people have used it for a latrine to this day.

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