²¹ Then he sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; not one stayed away. They crowded into the temple of Baal until it was full from one end to the other.

²⁷ They demolished the sacred stone of Baal and tore down the temple^(A) of Baal, and people have used it for a latrine to this day.

¹⁸ All the people of the land went to the temple^(A) of Baal and tore it down. They smashed^(B) the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest^(C) of Baal in front of the altars.

Then Jehoiada the priest posted guards at the temple of the Lord.

¹² He will set fire^(A) to the temples^(B) of the gods^(C) of Egypt; he will burn their temples and take their gods captive.^(D) As a shepherd picks^(E) his garment clean of lice, so he will pick Egypt clean and depart.