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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 :
Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Jehu wrote letters ,
and sent to Samaria ,
to the rulers
of Jezreel, even
the elders, and to those
who
brought
up
[
the sons of ]
Ahab, saying ,
“When
this letter arrives
, since
your master’s
sons are with you and you have
chariots and horses, a fortified city and
weaponry
,
Now
as
soon
as
this letter comes
to
you
, seeing
your master's
sons are with you ,
and there
are
with
you chariots and horses, a fortified city also
, and
armor;
select
the best and most
worthy
son
of your master
, set him on his father’s
throne, and fight for your master’s
house. ”
look
you
out
the best and meet
of your master's
sons
, and
set him on his father's
throne, and fight for your master's
house.
But they were terrified
and reasoned
, “If
two kings could
not
stand against
him ,
how can
we? ”
But they were exceedingly
afraid,
and said
, Behold,
the
two kings didn't
stand before
him :
how then
shall
we stand
?
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
. ”
He
who
was
over
the household
, and
he
who
was
over
the city, the elders also
, and those
who
brought
up
[
the children],
sent to Jehu ,
saying,
We are your servants, and will do all
that
you shall
bid
us;
we will not make any
man
king :
you
do that
which
is good in your eyes
.
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.
Then he
wrote a letter the
second
time
to
them,
saying,
If you be
on my side, and if you will listen
to
my
voice
, take
the heads of the
men
your master's
sons ,
and
come
to me to
Jezreel by tomorrow
this time. Now the king's
sons, being
seventy persons
, were with
the great
men of the city ,
who
brought
them
up
.
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.
It
happened,
when the letter came
to
them
, that
they took the king's
sons ,
and killed
them ,
even
seventy
persons,
and
put their heads in baskets ,
and sent them to him
to
Jezreel.
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. ”
There
came
a
messenger, and
told him
, saying,
They have brought the heads of the king's
sons. He
said
, Lay
you
them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the
morning.
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?
It
happened
in
the morning, that
he
went out ,
and stood ,
and
said
to
all the people, You are righteous:
behold,
I conspired against my master ,
and killed him ;
but who struck
all these?
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. ”
Know now
that there
shall
fall
to
the earth
nothing
of
the word
of
Yahweh,
which
Yahweh
spoke
concerning
the
house of Ahab :
for Yahweh
has done that
which
he spoke
by
his servant Elijah.
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
.
So Jehu struck
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
.
Then
Jehu
set
out
toward
Samaria. At Beth
- eked
of the Shepherds,
He
arose
and
departed,
and
went
to
Samaria. As
he
was
at the
shearing
- house
of the shepherds in
the
way
,
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
. ”
Jehu met with
the
brothers
of Ahaziah king of Judah ,
and said
, Who are you? They
answered,
We are the
brothers
of Ahaziah :
and we go
down to Greet the children
of the king and the
children
of the queen.
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.
He
said
, Take them alive. They
took them alive, and
killed
them at the pit
of the
shearing
- house,
even
two and
forty
men ;
neither
left
he any
of them.
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 ,
When he was
departed
there, he lighted
on
Jehonadab 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
? Jehonadab
answered,
It is. If it be
, give me your hand. He gave him his hand ;
and he
took
him up
to
him
into the
chariot .
saying
, “
Come with me and see my zeal for the
LORD!”
So he
had
him ride in his chariot.
He
said
, Come with me ,
and see my zeal for Yahweh.
So they
made
him ride in his chariot.
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.
When he
came to Samaria, he struck all
who remained to
Ahab
in
Samaria
, until he had destroyed him
, according to the word of
Yahweh,
which
he
spoke
to Elijah.
Then
Jehu brought
all the people together and said, “
Ahab served Baal a little ,
but Jehu will serve him a
lot
.
Jehu gathered
all the people together ,
and said to
them
, Ahab served Baal a little ;
but Jehu will serve him much
.
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.
Now therefore call
to 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 ;
whoever shall
be
wanting,
he
shall
not live. But Jehu did
it
in subtlety,
to the
intent
that
he
might
destroy the worshippers
of Baal.
And
Jehu commanded
, “Proclaim
a solemn assembly for Baal. ”
So
they announced
it.
Jehu said
, Sanctify
a solemn assembly for Baal. They proclaimed
it.
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
.
Jehu sent through
all
Israel :
and all the worshippers
of Baal came ,
so
that
there was not a man left
that
didn't
come
. They came
into
the house
of Baal ;
and the
house
of
Baal
was filled from one
end to another
.
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.
He
said to him
who
was
over
the vestry
, Bring forth
vestments
for all the worshippers
of Baal. He brought them forth
vestments
.
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. ”
Jehu went,
and Jehonadab the
son of Rechab ,
into
the house
of Baal ;
and he
said to the worshippers
of Baal, Search,
and
look that there be
here with
you none
of
the
servants of Yahweh,
but
the
worshippers
of
Baal only
.
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
. ”
They went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had appointed
him
eighty men outside ,
and said
, If any
of the men whom
I bring
into your hands escape, [
he who
lets
him
go],
his life shall
be
for the
life
of
him
.
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.
It
happened,
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 kill them ;
let none
come
forth
. They
struck
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.
They brought out
the sacred
pillar
of
the temple
of Baal and burned it
.
They brought forth
the pillars
that
were
in
the house
of Baal ,
and burned them
.
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.
They broke
down
the pillar of Baal ,
and
broke
down the house
of Baal ,
and made it a latrine, to this day.
Thus Jehu eradicated
Baal from
Israel ,
Thus Jehu destroyed
Baal out
of
Israel .
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.
However
from the sins of
Jeroboam the
son of Nebat ,
with
which
he
made
Israel to sin,
Jehu
didn't
depart
from
after
them,
[to
wit],
the golden calves that
were
in
Bethel ,
and that
were
in
Dan.
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. ”
Yahweh
said to Jehu, Because you have done well in executing
that
which
is right in my eyes,
[
and ]
have done to the house of Ahab according
to
all that was in my heart, your sons of
the
fourth
generation
shall
sit on the throne of Israel.
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
.
But
Jehu took
no
heed
to walk
in
the law
of Yahweh
, the God of Israel, with all his heart :
he didn't
depart
from the sins of
Jeroboam ,
with
which
he
made
Israel to sin
.
In those days the
LORD
began to reduce
the
size
of
Israel .
Hazael defeated
the Israelites
throughout
their
territory
In those days Yahweh
began to cut
off
from
Israel :
and
Hazael struck
them
in
all
the borders
of
Israel;
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.
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.
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?
Now
the rest of the acts of Jehu, and
all that
he
did,
and all his might, aren't
they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
And
Jehu rested
with his fathers and was
buried in Samaria ,
and
his son Jehoahaz
reigned in his place.
Jehu slept
with his fathers ;
and they
buried him
in Samaria .
Jehoahaz
his son reigned in his place.
So
the duration
of
Jehu’s
reign
over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
The time
that
Jehu
reigned
over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.
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