2nd Kings Chapter 10 verse 26 Holy Bible
And they brought forth the pillars that were in the house of Baal, and burned them.
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And they took out the image of Asherah from the house of Baal, and had it burned.
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and brought forth the columns out of the house of Baal, and burned them;
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And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
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And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.
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They brought forth the pillars that were in the house of Baal, and burned them.
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and bring out the standing-pillars of the house of Baal, and burn them,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 26. - And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal; rather, the pillars (see the comment on 1 Kings 14:23). It was a special feature of the Phoenician worship to represent the gods by στῆλαι or κίονες, which appear to have been conical stones, or obelisks, destitute of any shaping into the semblance of humanity (see Tacitus, 'Hist.,' 2:3; Damasc. ap. Phot, 'Bibliothec.,' p. 1063; Max. Tyr.,' Diss.,' 38. p. 384). The Phoenicians acknowledged several deities besides Baal, as Ashtoreth, Melkarth, Dagon, Adonis or Tammuz, El, Sadyk, Esmun, and the Kabiri. The "pillars brought forth" may have represented some of these deities, who might all of them be "contemplar" deities with Baal; or they may have been "Baalim," i.e. forms and aspects of Baal, each the object of some special cult (see Hovers, 'Phonizier,' § 674). And burned them. The "pillars" in this instance were probably, not of stone, but of wood.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(26) The images.--Rather, the pillars; which were of wood, and had a sacred significance. (Comp. Hosea 3:4.) "In primitive times a pillar was the distinguishing mark of a holy place. Idolatrous pillars were commanded to be destroyed (Exodus 23:24), but most critics think that pillars to Jehovah were quite allowable till the time of Hezekiah or Josiah, to which they assign the Book of Deuteronomy. (Comp. Deuteronomy 16:21-22.) At any rate, the prophet (Isaiah) gives an implicit sanction to the erection of a sacred pillar in Egypt" (Cheyne's Note on Isaiah 19:19). The LXX. has the singular here (??? ??????) and the plural in the next verse. The Syriac has the singular "statue" in both.
