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Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria, and Jehu wrote letters and sent
them to Samaria to the rulers of Jezreel, the elders, and to the
1guardians of the children of Ahab, saying,
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Now then, when this letter comes to you, since your master’s sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fortified city and weapons,
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Look for the best and fittest of your master’s sons, and set
him on the throne of his father, and fight for your master’s house.
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But they feared very greatly and said, If the two kings could not stand before him, how then can we stand
before him?
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And he who was over the household and he that was over the city and the elders and the guardians
of the children sent
word to Jehu, saying, We are your servants; all that you say to us, we will do. We will not make anyone king. What is good in your sight, do.
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Then he wrote a letter to them a second time, saying, If you are mine and listen to my voice, take the heads of the sons of your master, and come to me at Jezreel tomorrow at this time. Now the king’s sons, seventy men, were with the great men of the city, who had brought them up.
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And when the letter reached
them, they took the king’s
asons and slaughtered them, seventy men; and they placed their heads in baskets and sent
them to him in Jezreel.
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And the messenger came and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Put them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.
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And in the morning he went out and stood and said to all the people, You are righteous. I
aconspired against my master and have killed him; but who struck all these?
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Know therefore that nothing of the word of Jehovah, which Jehovah
aspoke concerning the house of Ahab, shall
bfall to the earth; for Jehovah has done that which He spoke through His servant Elijah.
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So Jehu killed all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel and all his great men and his acquaintances and his priests, until he left him no one remaining.
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Then he rose up and departed and came into Samaria. And while he was at the
1shepherds’ meeting place on the way,
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Jehu came upon the brothers of Ahaziah the king of Judah; and he said, Who are you? And they said, We are the brothers of Ahaziah, and have come down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the queen mother.
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And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive and slew them, forty-two men, at the pit of the
1meeting place; and he left not one of them remaining.
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And when he departed from there, he came upon
aJehonadab the son of Rechab
coming to meet him; and he greeted him and said to him, Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart? And Jehonadab said, It is. And
Jehu said, If it is, give
me your hand. And he gave him his hand, and
Jehu took him up to himself into the chariot.
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And he said, Come with me, and see my
azeal for Jehovah. So they made him ride in his chariot.
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And when he came to Samaria, he struck all who were left to
aAhab in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of Jehovah, which He spoke to Elijah.
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And Jehu gathered all the people together and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much.
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Now call to me all the
aprophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be missing. For I have a great sacrifice
to do to Baal. Whoever is missing will not live. But Jehu acted in subtlety, in order that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
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And Jehu said, Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed
it.
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And Jehu sent
word throughout all Israel, and all the worshippers of Baal came; and there was not one left who did not come. And they came to the house of Baal, and the
ahouse of Baal was filled from one end to the other.
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And he said to the one who was over the wardrobe, Bring out garments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought out the garments to them.
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And Jehu and Jehonadab the son of Rechab came to the house of Baal; and he said to the worshippers of Baal, Search and see that none of the servants of Jehovah are here with you; only the worshippers of Baal
should be here.
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And they came to offer sacrifice and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed for himself eighty men outside; and he had said, He who allows any of the men to escape whom I bring into your hands will give up his life instead.
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And when he finished offering the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and to the captains, Go in
and slay them; let no one get out. And they struck them with the edge of the sword. And the guards and the captains threw
them out, and they went to the
1inner room of the house of Baal.
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And they brought out the pillars of the house of Baal and burned them.
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And they broke down the pillar of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal and made it a latrine,
as it is to this day.
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Thus Jehu eradicated Baal from Israel.
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However as regards the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
1by which he caused Israel to
asin, Jehu did not turn away from them,
that is, the
2golden calves which were in Bethel and in Dan.
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And Jehovah said to Jehu,
1Because you have done well in executing what is right in My eyes
and have dealt with the house of Ahab according to all that was in My heart, your sons to the
afourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
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But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of Jehovah the God of Israel with all his heart; he did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam, by which he caused Israel to sin.
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In those days Jehovah began to
acut away
portions of land in Israel, and
bHazael struck them in all the borders of Israel
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From the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of Arnon,
both aGilead and Bashan.
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And 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?
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And Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.
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Now the time which Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
