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2 Kings 10:21-28 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

21. Jehu sent an invitation to everyone in Israel. All the worshippers of Baal came, and the temple was filled from one end to the other.

22. Jehu told the official in charge of the sacred robes to make sure that everyone had a robe to wear.

23. Jehu and Jehonadab went into the temple, and Jehu said to the crowd, “Look around and make sure that only the worshippers of Baal are here. No one who worships the Lord is allowed in.”

24. Then they began to offer sacrifices to Baal.Earlier, Jehu had ordered eighty soldiers to wait outside the temple. He had warned them, “I will get all these worshippers here, and if any of you let even one of them escape, you will be killed instead!”

25. As soon as Jehu finished offering the sacrifice, he told the guards and soldiers, “Come in and kill them! Don't let anyone escape.” They slaughtered everyone in the crowd and threw the bodies outside. Then they went back into the temple

26. and carried out the image of Baal. They burnt it

27. and broke it into pieces, then they completely destroyed Baal's temple. And since that time, it's been nothing but a public toilet.

28. That's how Jehu stopped the worship of Baal in Israel.

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