Before the altar; to which possibly he fled for refuge; or rather, he was brought thither as a fit sacrifice to his God. Officers over the house of the Lord; of which see more particularly, 2 Chronicles 23:18,19.
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2 Kings 11:18
18 And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officerse over the house of the LORD.