2 Chronicles 23:17
Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
Cross-references
2 Chronicles 34:4 records Josiah tearing down Baal altars and smashing images — the same reform actions as here.
2 Chronicles 34:7 continues Josiah's reforms, cutting altars and smashing idols — directly parallels the destruction of Baal worship.
2 Chronicles 31:1 describes another reform where people destroy high places and altars — echoing this purge of Baal worship.
Deuteronomy 12:3 commands breaking down altars and smashing sacred stones — here the people obey that command.
Deuteronomy 13:5 commands death for false prophets leading to other gods — the very law applied to Mattan the Baal priest here.
1 Kings 18:40 records Elijah killing Baal's prophets — a similar purge of Baal worship led by a godly figure.
2 Kings 10:25-28 describes Jehu's purge of Baal worship, killing priests and destroying the temple — parallel violent reform.
2 Kings 11:18 is the parallel account of the same event — tearing down Baal's temple and killing Mattan the priest.
2 Kings 11:19 is the parallel account continuing the story — after the Baal destruction, Jehoiada crowns Joash.
2 Kings 18:4 records Hezekiah smashing altars and sacred stones — a broader reform parallel to destroying Baal's images.