Draught House

DRAUGHT HOUSE drăft. The Q^erē' substitutes the less objectionable מֹֽוצָאֹ֖ות, “sinks,” for מַחֲרָאוֹת, “privies,” in the K^eṯiḇ. LXX λυτρών, “privy,” RSV LATRINE, public restroom. In purging Baal worship from Israel Jehu demolished the temple of Baal and converted it into a latrine (2 Kings 10:27). Such an action was the utmost desecration (cf. Ezra 6:11; Dan 2:5).