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| 10:1 | And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote
letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel,
to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's
children, saying, |
| 10:2 | Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your
master's sons are with you, and there are with you
chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour; |
| 10:3 | Look even out the best and meetest of your master's
sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for
your master's house. |
| 10:4 | But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold,
two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand? |
| 10:5 | And he that was over the house, and he that was over
the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the
children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and
will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any
king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes. |
| 10:6 | Then he wrote a letter the second time to them,
saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my
voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons,
and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the
king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great
men of the city, which brought them up. |
| 10:7 | And it came to pass, when the letter came to them,
that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons,
and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to
Jezreel. |
| 10:8 | And there came a messenger, and told him, saying,
They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he
said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the
gate until the morning. |
| 10:9 | And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out,
and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous:
behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but
who slew all these? |
| 10:10 | Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing
of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning
the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he
spake by his servant Elijah. |
| 10:11 | So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab
in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and
his priests, until he left him none remaining. |
| 10:12 | And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And
as he was at the shearing house in the way, |
| 10:13 | Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah,
and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the
brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the
children of the king and the children of the queen. |
| 10:14 | And he said, Take them alive. And they took them
alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house,
even two and forty men; neither left he any of them. |
| 10:15 | And when he was departed thence, he lighted on
Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he
saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my
heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is.
If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand;
and he took him up to him into the chariot. |
| 10:16 | And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the
LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot. |
| 10:17 | And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that
remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him,
according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to
Elijah. |
| 10:18 | And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said
unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall
serve him much. |
| 10:19 | Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal,
all his servants, and all his priests; let none be
wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal;
whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu
did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy
the worshippers of Baal. |
| 10:20 | And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal.
And they proclaimed it. |
| 10:21 | And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the
worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man
left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal;
and the house of Baal was full from one end to another. |
| 10:22 | And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring
forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he
brought them forth vestments. |
| 10:23 | And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into
the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal,
Search, and look that there be here with you none of the
servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only. |
| 10:24 | And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt
offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and
said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your
hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be
for the life of him. |
| 10:25 | And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of
offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard
and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come
forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword;
and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to
the city of the house of Baal. |
| 10:26 | And they brought forth the images out of the house of
Baal, and burned them. |
| 10:27 | And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down
the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this
day. |
| 10:28 | Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. |
| 10:29 | Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after
them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and
that were in Dan. |
| 10:30 | And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done
well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and
hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that
was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation
shall sit on the throne of Israel. |
| 10:31 | But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD
God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not
from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin. |
| 10:32 | In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and
Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel; |
| 10:33 | From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the
Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from
Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and
Bashan. |
| 10:34 | Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he
did, and all his might, are they not written in the book
of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? |
| 10:35 | And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him
in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. |
| 10:36 | And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria
was twenty and eight years. |