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.2 Chronicles 23:17 in the real world
In what words
- מַתָּןMattânMattan, the name of a priest of Baal, and of an Israelite
- צֶלֶםtselema phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, espe
- נָתַץnâthatsto tear down
- בַּעַלBaʻalBaal, a Phoenician deity
- שָׁבַרshâbarto burst (literally or figuratively)
- הָרַגhâragto smite with deadly intent
- מִזְבֵּחַmizbêachan altar
- כֹּהֵןkôhênliterally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layma
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Ki 18:40, 2Ki 11:18–19, 2Ki 10:25–28, Deu 12:3, 2Ch 34:7, Zec 13:2–3, Deu 13:5–9, Isa 2:18