MANNAFEST

And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.

KJV

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4 additional translations
ASV

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

WEB

They brought out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it.

YLT

and bring out the standing-pillars of the house of Baal, and burn them,

DBT

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

About this book

Old Testament

2 KingsTwo kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.

Author
Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
Date
Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC

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