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2 Chronicles 23:17

Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

KJV

Itaque ingressus est omnis populus domum Baal, et destruxerunt eam, et altaria ac simulacra illius confregerunt : Mathan quoque sacerdotem Baal interfecerunt ante aras.

Vulgate

καὶ εἰσῆλθεν πᾶς ὁ λαὸς τῆς γῆς εἰς οἶκον Βάαλ, καὶ κατέσπασαν αὐτὸν καὶ τὰ θυσιαστήρια καὶ τὰ εἴδωλα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐλέπτυναν, καὶ τὸν Ματθὰν ἱερέα τῆς Βάαλ ἐθανάτωσαν ἐναντίον τῶν θυσιαστηρίων αὐτοῦ.

LXX

And all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.

ASV

וַ/יָּבֹ֨אוּ כָל הָ/עָ֤ם בֵּית הַ/בַּ֨עַל֙ וַֽ/יִּתְּצֻ֔/הוּ וְ/אֶת מִזְבְּחֹתָ֥י/ו וְ/אֶת צְלָמָ֖י/ו שִׁבֵּ֑רוּ וְ/אֵ֗ת מַתָּן֙ כֹּהֵ֣ן הַ/בַּ֔עַל הָרְג֖וּ לִ/פְנֵ֥י הַֽ/מִּזְבְּחֽוֹת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בַּ֔עַל
b'l
proper_noun · 79×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
הוּ
hv
verb · 42×
י
y
noun · 1849×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
כֹּהֵ֔ן
khn
noun · 747×
ם
m
verb · 167×
מַתָּן֙
mtn
proper_noun · 3×
מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ
mzbch
noun · 402×
נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ
nshbrv
verb · 149×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
צַלְמֵ֣י
tslmy
noun · 17×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 18:40 — And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.