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1. And Ahab[H256] had seventy[H7657] sons[H1121] in Samaria.[H8111] And Jehu[H3058] wrote[H3789] letters,[H5612] and sent[H7971] to Samaria,[H8111] unto[H413] the rulers[H8269] of Jezreel,[H3157] to the elders,[H2205] and to[H413] them that brought up[H539] Ahab's[H256] children, saying,[H559]

2. Now[H6258] as soon as this[H2088] letter[H5612] cometh[H935] to[H413] you, seeing your master's[H113] sons[H1121] are with[H854] you, and there are with[H854] you chariots[H7393] and horses,[H5483] a fenced[H4013] city[H5892] also, and armor;[H5402]

3. Look even out[H7200] the best[H2896] and meetest[H3477] of your master's sons,[H4480] [H1121] [H113] and set[H7760] him on[H5921] his father's[H1] throne,[H3678] and fight[H3898] for[H5921] your master's[H113] house.[H1004]

4. But they were exceedingly[H3966] [H3966] afraid,[H3372] and said,[H559] Behold,[H2009] two[H8147] kings[H4428] stood[H5975] not[H3808] before[H6440] him: how[H349] then shall we[H587] stand?[H5975]

5. And he that[H834] was over[H5921] the house,[H1004] and he that[H834] was over[H5921] the city,[H5892] the elders[H2205] also, and the bringers up[H539] of the children, sent[H7971] to[H413] Jehu,[H3058] saying,[H559] We[H587] are thy servants,[H5650] and will do[H6213] all[H3605] that[H834] thou shalt bid[H559] [H413] us; we will not[H3808] make any king:[H4427] [H376] 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[H413] them, saying,[H559] If[H518] ye[H859] be mine, and if ye[H859] will hearken[H8085] unto my voice,[H6963] take[H3947] ye[H853] the heads[H7218] of the men[H376] your master's[H113] sons,[H1121] and come[H935] to[H413] me to Jezreel[H3157] by tomorrow[H4279] this time.[H6256] Now the king's[H4428] sons,[H1121] being seventy[H7657] persons,[H376] were with[H854] the great men[H1419] of the city,[H5892] which brought them up.[H1431] [H853]

7. And it came to pass,[H1961] when the letter[H5612] came[H935] to[H413] them, that they took[H3947] [H853] the king's[H4428] sons,[H1121] and slew[H7819] seventy[H7657] persons,[H376] and put[H7760] [H853] their heads[H7218] in baskets,[H1731] and sent[H7971] [H413] him them to Jezreel.[H3157]

8. And there came[H935] a messenger,[H4397] and told[H5046] him, saying,[H559] They have brought[H935] the heads[H7218] of the king's[H4428] sons.[H1121] And he said,[H559] Lay[H7760] ye them in two[H8147] heaps[H6652] at the entering in[H6607] of the gate[H8179] until[H5704] the morning.[H1242]

9. And it came to pass[H1961] in the morning,[H1242] that he went out,[H3318] and stood,[H5975] and said[H559] to[H413] all[H3605] the people,[H5971] Ye[H859] be righteous:[H6662] behold,[H2009] I[H589] conspired[H7194] against[H5921] my master,[H113] and slew[H2026] him: but who[H4310] slew[H5221] [H853] all[H3605] these?[H428]

10. Know[H3045] now[H645] that[H3588] there shall fall[H5307] unto the earth[H776] nothing[H3808] of the word[H4480] [H1697] of the LORD,[H3068] which[H834] the LORD[H3068] spoke[H1696] concerning[H5921] the house[H1004] of Ahab:[H256] for the LORD[H3068] hath done[H6213] [H853] that which[H834] he spoke[H1696] by[H3027] his servant[H5650] Elijah.[H452]

11. So Jehu[H3058] slew[H5221] [H853] all[H3605] that remained[H7604] of the house[H1004] of Ahab[H256] in Jezreel,[H3157] and all[H3605] his great men,[H1419] and his kinsfolk,[H3045] and his priests,[H3548] until[H5704] he left[H7604] him none[H1115] remaining.[H8300]

12. And he arose[H6965] and departed,[H935] and came[H1980] to Samaria.[H8111] And as he[H1931] was at the shearing house[H1044] in the way,[H1870]

13. Jehu[H3058] met[H4672] with[H853] the brethren[H251] of Ahaziah[H274] king[H4428] of Judah,[H3063] and said,[H559] Who[H4310] are ye?[H859] And they answered,[H559] We[H587] 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[H413] the pit[H953] of the shearing house,[H1044] even two[H8147] and forty[H705] men;[H376] neither[H3808] left[H7604] he any[H376] of[H4480] them.

15. And when he was departed[H1980] thence,[H4480] [H8033] he lighted on[H4672] [H853] Jehonadab[H3082] the son[H1121] of Rechab[H7394] coming to meet[H7122] him: and he saluted[H1288] him, and said[H559] to[H413] him, Is[H3426] [H853] thine heart[H3824] right,[H3477] as[H834] my heart[H3824] is with[H5973] thy heart?[H3824] And Jehonadab[H3082] answered,[H559] It is.[H3426] If it be,[H3426] give[H5414] me[H853] thine hand.[H3027] And he gave[H5414] him his hand;[H3027] and he took him up[H5927] to[H413] him into[H413] the chariot.[H4818]

16. And he said,[H559] Come[H1980] with[H854] me, and see[H7200] my zeal[H7068] for the LORD.[H3068] So they made him ride[H7392] in his chariot.[H7393]

17. And when he came[H935] to Samaria,[H8111] he slew[H5221] [H853] all[H3605] that remained[H7604] unto Ahab[H256] in Samaria,[H8111] till[H5704] he had destroyed[H8045] him, according to the saying[H1697] of the LORD,[H3068] which[H834] he spoke[H1696] to[H413] Elijah.[H452]

18. And Jehu[H3058] gathered[H6908] [H853] all[H3605] the people[H5971] together, and said[H559] unto[H413] them, Ahab[H256] served[H5647] [H853] Baal[H1168] a little;[H4592] but Jehu[H3058] shall serve[H5647] him much.[H7235]

19. Now[H6258] therefore call[H7121] unto[H413] me all[H3605] the prophets[H5030] of Baal,[H1168] all[H3605] his servants,[H5647] and all[H3605] his priests;[H3548] let none[H376] [H408] be wanting:[H6485] for[H3588] I have a great[H1419] sacrifice[H2077] to do to Baal;[H1168] whosoever[H3605] [H834] shall be wanting,[H6485] he shall not[H3808] live.[H2421] But Jehu[H3058] did[H6213] it in subtlety,[H6122] to the intent[H4616] that he might destroy[H6] [H853] the worshipers[H5647] of Baal.[H1168]

20. And Jehu[H3058] said,[H559] Proclaim[H6942] a solemn assembly[H6116] for Baal.[H1168] And they proclaimed[H7121] it.

21. And Jehu[H3058] sent[H7971] through all[H3605] Israel:[H3478] and all[H3605] the worshipers[H5647] of Baal[H1168] came,[H935] so that there was not[H3808] a man[H376] left[H7604] that[H834] came[H935] not.[H3808] And they came[H935] into the house[H1004] of Baal;[H1168] and the house[H1004] of Baal[H1168] was full[H4390] from one end[H6310] to another.[H6310]

22. And he said[H559] unto him that[H834] was over[H5921] the vestry,[H4458] Bring forth[H3318] vestments[H3830] for all[H3605] the worshipers[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 said[H559] unto the worshipers[H5647] of Baal,[H1168] Search,[H2664] and look[H7200] that[H6435] there be[H3426] here[H6311] with[H5973] you none of the servants[H4480] [H5650] of the LORD,[H3068] but[H3588] [H518] the worshipers[H5647] of Baal[H1168] only.[H905]

24. And when they went in[H935] to offer[H6213] sacrifices[H2077] and burnt offerings,[H5930] Jehu[H3058] appointed[H7760] fourscore[H8084] men[H376] without,[H2351] and said,[H559] If any[H376] of[H4480] the men[H376] whom[H834] I[H589] have brought[H935] into[H5921] your hands[H3027] escape,[H4422] he that letteth him go, his life[H5315] shall be for[H8478] the life[H5315] of him.

25. And it came to pass,[H1961] as soon as he had made an end[H3615] 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; let none[H376] [H408] 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[H1980] to[H5704] the city[H5892] of the house[H1004] of Baal.[H1168]

26. And they brought forth[H3318] [H853] the images[H4676] out of the house[H1004] of Baal,[H1168] and burned[H8313] them.

27. And they broke down[H5422] [H853] the image[H4676] of Baal,[H1168] and broke down[H5422] [H853] the house[H1004] of Baal,[H1168] and made[H7760] it a draught house[H4163] unto[H5704] this day.[H3117]

28. Thus Jehu[H3058] destroyed[H8045] [H853] Baal[H1168] out of Israel.[H4480] [H3478]

29. Howbeit[H7535] from the sins[H2399] of Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Nebat,[H5028] who[H834] made[H853] Israel[H3478] to sin,[H2398] Jehu[H3058] departed[H5493] not[H3808] from after[H4480] [H310] them, to wit, the golden[H2091] calves[H5695] that[H834] were in Bethel,[H1008] and that[H834] were in Dan.[H1835]

30. And the LORD[H3068] said[H559] unto[H413] Jehu,[H3058] Because[H3282] [H834] 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[H3605] that[H834] was in mine heart,[H3824] thy children[H1121] of the fourth[H7243] generation shall sit[H3427] on[H5921] the throne[H3678] of Israel.[H3478]

31. But Jehu[H3058] took no heed[H8104] [H3808] to walk[H1980] in the law[H8451] of the LORD[H3068] God[H430] of Israel[H3478] with all[H3605] his heart:[H3824] for he departed[H5493] not[H3808] from[H4480] [H5921] the sins[H2403] of Jeroboam,[H3379] which[H834] made[H853] Israel[H3478] to sin.[H2398]

32. In those[H1992] days[H3117] the LORD[H3068] began[H2490] to cut Israel short:[H7096] [H3478] and Hazael[H2371] smote[H5221] them in all[H3605] the coasts[H1366] of Israel;[H3478]

33. From[H4480] Jordan[H3383] eastward,[H4217] [H8121] [H853] all[H3605] the land[H776] of Gilead,[H1568] the Gadites,[H1425] and the Reubenites,[H7206] and the Manassites,[H4520] from Aroer,[H4480] [H6177] which[H834] is by[H5921] the river[H5158] Arnon,[H769] even Gilead[H1568] and Bashan.[H1316]

34. Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Jehu,[H3058] and all[H3605] that[H834] he did,[H6213] and all[H3605] his might,[H1369] are they[H1992] not[H3808] written[H3789] in[H5921] the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] [H3117] of the kings[H4428] of Israel?[H3478]

35. And Jehu[H3058] slept[H7901] with[H5973] his fathers:[H1] and they buried[H6912] him in Samaria.[H8111] And Jehoahaz[H3059] his son[H1121] reigned[H4427] in his stead.[H8478]

36. And the time[H3117] that[H834] Jehu[H3058] reigned[H4427] over[H5921] Israel[H3478] in Samaria[H8111] was twenty[H6242] and eight[H8083] years.[H8141]