And they brought forth the images R.V. pillars. On this word see above, 2 Kings 3:2 note. The same change is also made by R.V. in the next verse. The LXX. has the singular in this verse (στήλην) and the plural in 27. As the worship of Astarte was combined with that of Baal, we can understand that in such a splendid temple as that which Ahab and Jezebel had erected, there would be more pillars (or sacred obelisks) than one, though one would be specially known as -the pillar of Baal".

and burnt them So that these more numerous pillars must have been of wood. Probably they were of less size than the chief obelisk.

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