¹⁸ Then all the people of the land went to ^(A)the house of Baal and tore it down; ^(B)his altars and his images they broke in pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest posted watchmen over the house of the Lord.

^20 (A)“Whoever sacrifices to any god, other than the Lord alone, shall be devoted to destruction.^[a]

⁴⁰ And Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape.” And they seized them. And Elijah brought them down to ^(A)the brook Kishon and ^(B)slaughtered them there.