2 Chronicles 23:17 References
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And all the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down, and they broke in pieces his altars and his images, and akilled Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
a Deuteronomy 13:6-9, 1 Kings 18:40
Deuteronomy 13
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"aIf your brother, your mother's son, or your son or daughter, or the wife you cherish, or your friend who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, 'bLet us go and serve other gods' (whom neither you nor your fathers have known,
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of the gods of the peoples who are around you, near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other end),
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ayou shall not yield to him or listen to him; band your eye shall not pity him, nor shall you spare or conceal him.
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"aBut you shall surely kill him; byour hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.