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Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And
Jehu wrote letters ,
and sent to Samaria ,
unto
the rulers
of Jezreel, even
the elders, and unto
them
that
brought
up
`
the sons of '
Ahab, saying ,
Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So
Jehu wrote letters and sent them
to Samaria to
the officials
of Jezreel, to
the elders, and to
the guardians
of
the
sons of Ahab, saying :
And
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 fortified city also,
and armor;
“When
this letter arrives
, since
your master’s
sons are with you and you have
chariots and horses, a fortified city and weaponry,
look
ye
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.
select
the best and most
worthy
son
of your master
, set him on his father’s
throne, and fight for your master’s
house. ”
But they were exceedingly
afraid,
and said,
Behold
, the
two kings stood
not before
him :
how then
shall
we stand
?
But they were terrified
and reasoned
, “If
two kings could
not stand
against
him ,
how can
we? ”
And
he
that
was
over
the household
, and
he
that
was
over
the city, the elders also
, and they
that
brought
up
`
the children',
sent to Jehu ,
saying,
We are thy
servants, and will do all
that
thou
shalt
bid
us;
we will not make any
man
king :
do thou
that
which
is good in thine
eyes
.
So
the palace
administrator
, the overseer
of
the
city, the elders, and the guardians
sent a
message
to Jehu :
“
We are your
servants, and we
will do whatever
you
say.
We will not make anyone
king .
Do whatever
is good in your
sight
. ”
Then he
wrote a letter
the
second time
to
them,
saying,
If ye
be
on my side, 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 ,
who
brought
them
up
.
Then Jehu
wrote them
a second letter
and
said:
“
If you
are
on my side, and if you
will obey
me
, then
bring
the heads of your master’s
sons to me at
Jezreel by this time tomorrow
. ”
Now the sons of
the
king
, seventy in
all
, were being
brought
up
by
the leading
men of the city.
And it
came
to
pass,
when the letter came
to
them
, that
they took the king's
sons ,
and slew
them,
even
seventy persons,
and
put their heads in baskets ,
and sent them unto
him
to Jezreel.
And when the letter arrived
, they took the sons of
the
king
and slaughtered
all
seventy of
them.
They
put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu
at
Jezreel.
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 entrance of the gate until the
morning.
When
the
messenger arrived
, he
told Jehu
, “
They have brought the heads of the sons of
the
king
. ”
And Jehu
ordered
, “Pile
them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning. ”
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the morning, that
he
went out ,
and stood ,
and
said
to
all the people, Ye
are righteous:
behold,
I conspired against my master ,
and slew
him ;
but who smote
all these?
The next
morning, Jehu
went out and stood before
all the people and
said
, “You
are innocent.
It
was
I who
conspired against my master and killed
him .
But who killed
all these?
Know now
that there
shall
fall
unto
the
earth
nothing
of
the
word of
Jehovah,
which
Jehovah
spake
concerning
the house of Ahab :
for Jehovah
hath
done that
which
he spake
by
his servant Elijah.
Know ,
then,
that not
a
word the LORD
has
spoken
against
the
house of Ahab will
fail,
for the
LORD
has
done what
He promised
through
His servant Elijah. ”
So Jehu smote
all
that
remained of the house of Ahab in
Jezreel
, and
all his great men ,
and his
familiar
friends ,
and his
priests, until
he
left
him none
remaining
.
So Jehu killed
everyone
in
Jezreel
who
remained of the house of Ahab, as
well
as
all his great men and close
friends and priests, leaving
him without
a
single
survivor
.
And
he
arose
and
departed,
and
went
to
Samaria. And
as
he
was
at the
shearing
- house
of the shepherds in
the
way
,
Then
Jehu
set
out
toward
Samaria. At Beth
- eked
of the Shepherds,
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.
Jehu met some
relatives
of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked
, “
Who are you
? ”
“
We are relatives
of Ahaziah ,”
they
answered,
“
and we have
come
down to greet
the sons
of the king and of the queen mother
. ”
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.
Then
Jehu
ordered
, “
Take them alive. ”
So
his
men
took them alive, then
slaughtered
them at the well
of Beth
- eked—
forty -two
men .
He spared
none
of them.
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 thy
heart right,
as my heart is with
thy
heart
? And
Jehonadab
answered,
It is. If it be
, give me thy
hand. And
he gave him his hand ;
and he
took
him
up
to
him into the
chariot .
When he left
there
, he found
Jehonadab son of Rechab ,
who
was
coming to meet him .
Jehu
greeted
him and asked
, “
Is your
heart as true
to
mine
as
my heart is to
yours
? ”
“
It is !”
Jehonadab
replied
. “
If it is
, ”
said
Jehu,
“
give me your
hand. ”
So
he gave him his hand ,
and Jehu
helped
him into his
chariot ,
And
he
said
, Come with me ,
and see my zeal for Jehovah.
So they
made
him ride in his chariot.
saying
, “
Come with me and see my zeal for the
LORD!”
So he
had
him ride in his chariot.
And
when he
came to Samaria, he smote
all
that
remained
unto
Ahab in
Samaria
, till
he had destroyed him
, according to the word of
Jehovah,
which
he
spake
to Elijah.
When Jehu
came to Samaria, he struck
down
everyone
belonging
to
Ahab who
remained
there
, until
he had destroyed them
, according to the word that
the
LORD
had
spoken
to Elijah.
And
Jehu gathered
all the people together ,
and said unto
them
, Ahab served Baal a little ;
but Jehu will serve him much
.
Then
Jehu brought
all the people together and said, “
Ahab served Baal a little ,
but Jehu will serve him a
lot
.
Now therefore call
unto
me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshippers
, 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 subtlety,
to the
intent
that
he
might
destroy the worshippers
of Baal.
Now ,
therefore ,
summon
to
me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants
, and all his priests .
See
that
no
one
is
missing,
for I have a great sacrifice for
Baal .
Whoever
is
missing
will
not live. ”
But Jehu was
acting
deceptively
in order
to destroy the servants
of Baal.
And Jehu said
, Sanctify
a solemn assembly for Baal. And
they proclaimed
it.
And Jehu commanded
, “Proclaim
a solemn assembly for Baal. ”
So
they announced
it.
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 filled from one
end to another
.
Then
Jehu sent word
throughout
Israel ,
and all the servants
of Baal came ;
there was not a man who
failed
to
show
. They entered
the temple
of Baal ,
and it
was filled from end to end
.
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
.
And Jehu
said to
the keeper
of
the
wardrobe
, “
Bring out
garments
for all the servants
of Baal. ”
So
he brought out
garments
for
them.
And
Jehu
went
, and Jehonadab the
son of Rechab ,
into
the house
of Baal ;
and he
said unto
the worshippers
of Baal, Search,
and
look that there be
here
with
you
none
of
the
servants of Jehovah,
but
the worshippers
of Baal only
.
Next
, Jehu
and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered
the temple
of Baal ,
and Jehu
said to
the servants
of Baal, “
Look around
to
see
that there are
no
servants of the LORD
here
among
you—only
servants
of Baal. ”
And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt -
offerings. Now Jehu had appointed
him
fourscore
men without,
and said
, If any
of the men whom
I bring
into your hands escape, `
he that
letteth
him
go',
his life shall
be
for the
life
of
him
.
And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed
eighty
men outside
and warned
them
, “
If anyone
allows
one
of the men I am
delivering
into your hands to
escape, he will
forfeit
his life for theirs
. ”
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.
When
he had finished
making
the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards
and officers
, “
Go in and kill
them .
Do
not
let anyone
out
. ”
So
the
guards
and officers
put
them to
the sword ,
threw
the bodies
out, and went into
the inner
room
of the temple
of Baal.
And
they brought forth
the pillars
that
were
in
the house
of Baal ,
and burned them
.
They brought out
the sacred
pillar
of
the temple
of Baal and burned it
.
And
they brake
down
the pillar of Baal ,
and
brake
down the house
of Baal ,
and made it a draught-house
, unto
this day.
They also
demolished
the sacred
pillar of Baal .
Then
they
tore
down the temple
of Baal and made it into
a latrine
, which
it
is
to
this day.
Thus Jehu destroyed
Baal out
of
Israel .
Thus Jehu eradicated
Baal from
Israel ,
Howbeit
from the sins of
Jeroboam the
son of Nebat ,
wherewith
he
made
Israel to sin,
Jehu
departed
not
from
after
them,
`to
wit',
the golden calves that
were
in
Beth-el,
and that
were
in
Dan.
but
he
did
not
turn
away
from the sins that
Jeroboam son of Nebat had
caused
Israel to commit—
the worship
of
the
golden calves at
Bethel
and Dan.
And
Jehovah
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 my heart, thy
sons
of the
fourth
generation
shall
sit on the throne of Israel.
Nevertheless,
the
LORD
said to
Jehu, “
Because you
have
done well in carrying
out
what
is right in My
sight
and have
done to
the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four
generations
of your
sons
will
sit on the throne of Israel. ”
But
Jehu took
no
heed
to walk
in
the law
of Jehovah
, the God of Israel, with all his heart :
he departed
not from the sins of
Jeroboam ,
wherewith
he
made
Israel to sin
.
Yet
Jehu was
not
careful
to follow
the instruction
of the
LORD
, the God of Israel, with all his heart .
He did
not turn
away
from the sins that
Jeroboam had
caused
Israel to commit
.
In those days Jehovah
began to cut
off
from
Israel:
and
Hazael
smote
them
in
all
the borders
of Israel ;
In those days the
LORD
began to reduce
the size
of Israel .
Hazael
defeated
the
Israelites
throughout
their
territory
from the Jordan eastward ,
all the land of Gilead ,
the Gadites
, and
the
Reubenites
, and the
Manassites
, from Aroer ,
which
is
by the valley
of
the
Arnon ,
even
Gilead and
Bashan.
from the Jordan eastward through
all the land of Gilead (
the region
of
Gad
, Reuben
, and Manasseh)
, and
from Aroer by the Arnon Valley
through
Gilead to
Bashan.
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?
As
for
the rest of the acts of Jehu, along
with
all his
accomplishments
and all his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
And Jehu slept
with his fathers ;
and they
buried him
in Samaria .
And Jehoahaz
his son reigned in his stead
.
And Jehu rested
with his fathers and was
buried in Samaria ,
and his son Jehoahaz
reigned in his place
.
And
the time
that
Jehu
reigned
over Israel in Samaria was twenty and
eight years.
So
the duration
of
Jehu’s
reign
over Israel in Samaria was twenty -
eight years.
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