2Ki 11:18 | HCSB | STEP | So all the people of the land went to the temple of Baal and tore it down . They broke its altars and images into pieces , and they killed Mattan , the priest of Baal , at the altars . Then Jehoiada the priest appointed guards for the Lord ’s temple .

2 Kings 11:18

18 So all the people of the land went to the temple of ^{▼▼Baal: A fertility god who was the main god of the Canaanite religion and the god of rain and thunderstorms; also the Hebrew word meaning "lord," "master," "owner," or "husband"}Baal and tore it down. They broke its altars and images into pieces, ^b and they killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, at the altars. ^cThen Jehoiada the priest appointed guards for the Lord’s temple. ^d