ASV_Strong : 2 Kings 10
1. Now Ahab[H256] had seventy[H7657] sons[H1121] in Samaria[H8111]. And Jehu[H3058] wrote[H3789] letters[H5612], and sent[H7971] to Samaria[H8111], unto the rulers[H8269] of Jezreel[H3157], even the elders[H2205], and unto them that brought up[H539] the sons of Ahab[H256], saying[H559],
2. And now as soon as this letter[H5612] cometh[H935] to you[H113], seeing your master's sons[H1121] are with you[H7393], and there are with you chariots and horses[H5483], a fortified[H4013] city[H5892] also[H5402], and armor;
3. look ye out[H7200] the best[H2896] and meetest[H3477] of your master[H113]'s sons[H1121], and set[H7760] him on his father[H1]'s throne[H3678], and fight[H3898] for your master[H113]'s house[H1004].
4. But they were exceedingly[H3966] afraid[H3372], and said[H559], Behold[H8147], the two kings[H4428] stood[H5975] not before[H6440] him[H5975]: how then shall we stand?
5. And he that was over the household[H1004], and he that was over the city[H5892], the elders[H2205] also[H539], and they that brought up the children[H7971], sent to Jehu[H3058], saying[H559], We are thy servants[H5650], and will do[H6213] all that thou shalt bid[H559] us[H376]; we will not make any man king[H4427]: do[H6213] thou that which is good[H2896] in thine eyes[H5869].
6. Then he wrote[H3789] a letter[H5612] the second time[H8145] to them[H559], saying, If ye be on my side[H8085], and if ye will hearken unto my voice[H6963], take[H3947] ye the heads[H7218] of the men[H582] your master[H113]'s sons[H1121], and come[H935] to me to Jezreel[H3157] by to-morrow[H4279] this time[H6256]. Now the king[H4428]'s sons[H1121], being seventy[H7657] persons[H376], were with the great men[H1419] of the city[H5892], who brought them up[H1431].
7. And it came to pass[H5612], when the letter came[H935] to them[H3947], that they took the king[H4428]'s sons[H1121], and slew[H7819] them[H7657], even seventy persons[H376], and put[H7760] their heads[H7218] in baskets[H1731], and sent[H7971] them unto him to Jezreel[H3157].
8. And there came[H935] a messenger[H4397], and told[H5046] him[H559], saying, They have brought[H935] the heads[H7218] of the king[H4428]'s sons[H1121]. And he said[H559], Lay[H7760] ye them in[H6607] two[H8147] heaps[H6652] at the entrance[H6607] of the gate[H8179] until the morning[H1242].
9. And it came to pass in the morning[H1242], that he went out[H3318], and stood[H5975], and said[H559] to all the people[H5971], Ye are righteous[H6662]: behold[H7194], I conspired against my master[H113], and slew[H2026] him[H5221]; but who smote all these?
10. Know[H3045] now[H645] that there shall fall[H5307] unto the earth[H776] nothing of the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], which Jehovah[H3068] spake[H1696] concerning the house[H1004] of Ahab[H256]: for Jehovah[H3068] hath done[H6213] that which he spake[H1696] by[H3027] his servant[H5650] Elijah[H452].
11. So Jehu[H3058] smote[H5221] all that remained[H7604] of the house[H1004] of Ahab[H256] in Jezreel[H3157], and all his great men[H1419], and his familiar[H3045] friends[H3548], and his priests, until he left[H7604] him none remaining[H8300].
12. And he arose[H6965] and departed[H935], and went[H3212] to Samaria[H8111]. And as he was at the shearing[H7462] - house[H1004] of the shepherds in the way[H1870],
13. Jehu[H3058] met[H4672] with the brethren[H251] of Ahaziah[H274] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and said[H559], Who are ye[H559]? And they answered, We are the brethren[H251] of Ahaziah[H274]: and we go down[H3381] to salute[H7965] the children[H1121] of the king[H4428] and the children[H1121] of the queen[H1377].
14. And he said[H559], Take[H8610] them alive[H2416]. And they took[H8610] them alive[H2416], and slew[H7819] them at the pit[H953] of the shearing-house[H1044], even two[H8147] and forty[H705] men[H376]; neither left[H7604] he any of them[H376].
15. And when he was departed[H3212] thence[H4672], he lighted on Jehonadab[H3082] the son[H1121] of Rechab[H7394] coming to meet[H7125] him[H1288]; and he saluted him[H559], and said to him[H3426], Is thy heart[H3824] right[H3477], as my heart[H3824] is with thy heart[H3824]? And Jehonadab[H3082] answered[H559], It is[H3426]. If it be[H5414], give me thy hand[H3027]. And he gave[H5414] him his hand[H3027]; and he took him up[H5927] to him into the chariot[H4818].
16. And he said[H559], Come[H3212] with me[H7200], and see my zeal[H7068] for Jehovah[H3068]. So they made him ride[H7392] in his chariot[H7393].
17. And when he came[H935] to Samaria[H8111], he smote[H5221] all that remained[H7604] unto Ahab[H256] in Samaria[H8111], till he had destroyed[H8045] him[H1697], according to the word of Jehovah[H3068], which he spake[H1696] to Elijah[H452].
18. And Jehu[H3058] gathered[H6908] all the people[H5971] together[H6908], and said[H559] unto them[H256], Ahab served[H5647] Baal[H1168] a little[H4592]; but Jehu[H3058] will serve[H5647] him much[H7235].
19. Now therefore call[H7121] unto me all the prophets[H5030] of Baal[H1168], all his worshippers[H5647], and all his priests[H3548]; let none[H376] be wanting[H6485]: for I have a great[H1419] sacrifice[H2077] to do to Baal[H1168]; whosoever shall be wanting[H6485], he shall not live[H2421]. But Jehu[H3058] did[H6213] it in subtlety[H6122], to the intent that he might destroy[H6] the worshippers[H5647] of Baal[H1168].
20. And Jehu[H3058] said[H559], Sanctify[H6942] a solemn assembly[H6116] for Baal[H1168]. And they proclaimed it[H7121].
21. And Jehu[H3058] sent[H7971] through all Israel[H3478]: and all the worshippers[H5647] of Baal[H1168] came[H935], so that there was not a man[H376] left[H7604] that came[H935] not[H935]. And they came into the house[H1004] of Baal[H1168]; and the house[H1004] of Baal[H1168] was filled[H4390] from one end[H6310] to another[H6310].
22. And he said[H559] unto him that was over the vestry[H4458], Bring forth[H3318] vestments[H3830] for all the worshippers[H5647] of Baal[H1168]. And he brought them forth[H3318] vestments[H4403].
23. And Jehu[H3058] went[H935], and Jehonadab[H3082] the son[H1121] of Rechab[H7394], into the house[H1004] of Baal[H1168]; and he said[H559] unto the worshippers[H5647] of Baal[H1168], Search[H2664], and look[H7200] that there be[H3426] here with you none of the servants[H5650] of Jehovah[H3068], but the worshippers[H5647] of Baal only[H1168].
24. And they went in[H935] to offer[H6213] sacrifices[H2077] and burnt-offerings[H5930]. Now Jehu[H3058] had appointed[H7760] him fourscore[H8084] men[H376] without[H2351], and said[H559], If any[H376] of the men[H582] whom I bring[H935] into your hands[H3027] escape[H4422], he that letteth him go[H5315], his life shall be for the life of him[H5315].
25. And it came to pass[H3615], as soon as he had made an end of offering[H6213] the burnt-offering[H5930], that Jehu[H3058] said[H559] to the guard[H7323] and to the captains[H7991], Go in[H935], and slay[H5221] them[H376]; let none come forth[H3318]. And they smote[H5221] them with the edge[H6310] of the sword[H2719]; and the guard[H7323] and the captains[H7991] cast them out[H7993], and went[H3212] to the city[H5892] of the house[H1004] of Baal[H1168].
26. And they brought forth[H3318] the pillars[H4676] that were in the house[H1004] of Baal[H1168], and burned them[H8313].
27. And they brake down[H5422] the pillar[H4676] of Baal[H1168], and brake down[H5422] the house[H1004] of Baal[H1168], and made[H7760] it a draught-house[H4163], unto this day[H3117].
28. Thus Jehu[H3058] destroyed[H8045] Baal[H1168] out of Israel[H3478].
29. Howbeit from the sins[H2399] of Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Nebat[H5028], wherewith he made Israel[H3478] to sin[H2398], Jehu[H3058] departed[H5493] not from after[H310] them[H2091], to wit, the golden calves[H5695] that were in Beth-el[H1008], and that were in Dan[H1835].
30. And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] unto Jehu[H3058], Because thou hast done well[H2895] in executing[H6213] that which is right[H3477] in mine eyes[H5869], and hast done[H6213] unto the house[H1004] of Ahab[H256] according to all that was in my heart[H3824], thy sons[H1121] of the fourth[H7243] generation shall sit[H3427] on the throne[H3678] of Israel[H3478].
31. But Jehu[H3058] took no heed[H8104] to walk[H3212] in the law[H8451] of Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], with all his heart[H3824]: he departed[H5493] not from the sins[H2403] of Jeroboam[H3379], wherewith he made Israel[H3478] to sin[H2398].
32. In those days[H3117] Jehovah[H3068] began[H2490] to cut[H7096] off[H7096] from Israel[H3478]: and Hazael[H2371] smote[H5221] them in all the borders[H1366] of Israel[H3478];
33. from the Jordan[H3383] eastward[H4217], all the land[H776] of Gilead[H1568], the Gadites[H1425], and the Reubenites[H7206], and the Manassites[H4520], from Aroer[H6177], which is by the valley[H5158] of the Arnon[H769], even Gilead[H1568] and Bashan[H1316].
34. Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Jehu[H3058], and all that he did[H6213], and all his might[H1369], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Israel[H3478]?
35. And Jehu[H3058] slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1]; and they buried[H6912] him in Samaria[H8111]. And Jehoahaz[H3059] his son[H1121] reigned in his stead[H4427].
36. And the time[H3117] that Jehu[H3058] reigned[H4427] over Israel[H3478] in Samaria[H8111] was twenty[H6242] and eight[H8083] years[H8141].
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