Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
And
Ahab hath
seventy sons in Samaria ,
and
Jehu writeth
letters ,
and sendeth
to Samaria ,
unto
the heads
of Jezreel, the elders, and unto
the supporters
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,
at
the
coming
in
of
this letter unto
you
, and
with you `are'
sons
of
your
lord,
and with
you `are'
the
chariots and the
horses, and
a fenced
city ,
and the
armour
,
“When
this letter arrives
, since
your
master’s
sons
are
with you and you have
chariots and horses, a fortified
city and weaponry
,
and
ye
have
seen
the best and the
uprightest
of
the
sons
of your lord
, and
have
set `
him '
on the
throne
of
his father
, and fight ye
for the
house
of
your lord
. '
select
the best and most
worthy
son
of your master
, set him on his father’s
throne
, and fight for your master’s
house
. ”
And
they fear
very
greatly,
and say,
`Lo
, the
two kings have
not stood
before
him, and
how do
we
stand
--
we? '
But
they were
terrified
and reasoned
, “If
two kings could
not stand
against
him, how can
we? ”
And
he
who
`is'
over
the house
, and
he
who
`is'
over
the city, and
the elders, and the supporters,
send
unto
Jehu ,
saying,
`Thy
servants
we `
are '
, and all
that
thou
sayest
unto
us
we do ;
we do
not make any
one
king --
that
which
`
is '
good in thine
eyes
do
. '
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
. ”
And
he
writeth
unto
them a letter
a
second time,
saying,
`
If ye
`
are '
for
me
, and to
my
voice
are
hearkening
, take
the heads of the
men
--
the
sons
of
your lord,
and
come
unto
me about
this time to-morrow,
to
Jezreel;'
and
the sons of the king `are'
seventy men
, with
the great
ones
of the city those
bringing
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
cometh
to
pass,
at
the
coming
in
of
the letter unto
them
, that
they take
the sons of the king ,
and slaughter
seventy men,
and
put their heads in baskets ,
and send
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
the messenger cometh
in,
and
declareth
to
him
, saying
, `
They have brought in
the heads of the sons of the king ,'
and he
saith
, `Make
them two heaps at the opening
of the gate till
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
cometh
to
pass
in
the morning, that
he
goeth
out ,
and standeth,
and
saith
unto
all the people, `Righteous
are ye;
lo,
I have
conspired against my lord,
and slay
him --
and
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 ye
now
, that nothing
doth
fall
of
the
word of
Jehovah
to
the earth
that
Jehovah
spake
against the house of Ahab, and
Jehovah
hath
done that
which
He spake
by
the
hand
of
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. ”
And
Jehu smiteth
all
those
left
to
the house of Ahab in
Jezreel
, and
all his great men ,
and his
acquaintances,
and his
priests, till
he
hath
not
left
to
him a remnant
.
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
riseth,
and
cometh
in
and
goeth
to
Samaria ;
he
`is'
at the
shepherds'
shearing
- house
in
the way
,
Then
Jehu
set
out
toward
Samaria .
At Beth
- eked
of
the Shepherds
,
and
Jehu hath
found
the
brethren
of Ahaziah king of Judah ,
and saith
, `
Who `
are '
ye
? '
and
they
say,
`Brethren
of
Ahaziah
we `
are '
, and we go
down to salute
the sons of the king ,
and the
sons
of the mistress
. '
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
saith
, `Catch
them alive ;'
and
they
catch
them alive, and
slaughter
them at the pit
of the
shearing
- house,
forty and
two men ,
and
he hath
not
left
a
man
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
he goeth
thence
, and
findeth
Jehonadab son of Rechab --
to meet him ,
and
blesseth
him ,
and saith
unto
him
, `
Is thy
heart right,
as my heart `
is '
with
thy
heart
? '
and
Jehonadab
saith,
`
It is ;'
--
`Then
it is ;
give thy
hand ;'
and
he giveth
his hand, and he
causeth
him
to
come
up
into
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
saith
, `
Come with me ,
and look
on
my zeal for Jehovah;'
and
they
cause
him to
ride in his chariot.
saying
, “
Come with me and see
my zeal for the
LORD!”
So
he
had
him ride in his chariot.
And
he
cometh
in
to Samaria, and
smiteth
all
those
left
to Ahab in
Samaria
, till
his
destroying
him
, according to the word of
Jehovah
that He
spake
unto
Elisha
.
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 gathereth
the
whole
of
the people ,
and saith
unto
them
, `
Ahab served Baal a little --
Jehu doth
serve him much:
Then
Jehu brought
all
the people together
and said
, “
Ahab served Baal a little ,
but
Jehu will
serve him a
lot.
and
now, all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests ,
call
ye
unto
me;
let
not
a
man
be
lacking
, for a great sacrifice I
have
for Baal ;
every
one
who
is lacking
--
he
doth
not live ;'
and
Jehu hath
done
`it'
in
subtilty,
in order to destroy the servants 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 saith
, `Sanctify
a restraint
for Baal ;'
and
they proclaim
`
it '
.
And Jehu commanded
, “Proclaim
a solemn
assembly
for Baal .”
So
they announced
it.
And
Jehu sendeth
into
all
Israel, and all the servants of Baal come
in,
and
there hath
not been
left
a man who hath
not
come
in;
and
they
come
in
to the house
of Baal, and the
house
of
Baal
is
full
--
mouth
to mouth
.
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
saith
to him
who
`is'
over
the wardrobe, `
Bring out clothing
to
all servants of Baal ;'
and
he bringeth
out to
them the
clothing
.
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
goeth
in
, and Jehonadab son of Rechab ,
to
the house
of Baal, and saith
to the servants of Baal, `Search
and
see ,
lest
there be
here
with
you
of
the
servants of Jehovah
--
but,
the servants of Baal by
themselves
. '
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 come
in to make
sacrifices and burnt -
offerings ,
and
Jehu hath
set
for
himself
in
an
out-place
eighty men ,
and saith
, `The
man
who
letteth
escape
`any'
of the men whom
I am bringing
in
unto
your hand
--
his soul
for his
soul
. '
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
cometh
to
pass
at
his
finishing
to
make
the burnt -
offering, that
Jehu saith
to the runners,
and to
the
captains
, `
Go in ,
smite
them ,
let none
come
out ;'
and they
smite
them by
the
mouth
of
the sword, and
the
runners
and
the captains
cast
`them'
out ;
and they
go
unto
the city,
to
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
bring
out the standing-pillars
of the house
of Baal ,
and burn
them,
They
brought
out the sacred
pillar
of the temple
of Baal and burned
it.
and
break
down
the standing-
pillar of Baal ,
and
break
down the house
of Baal ,
and appoint
it for
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.
And
Jehu destroyeth
Baal out
of
Israel,
Thus
Jehu eradicated
Baal from
Israel,
only
--
the sins of
Jeroboam son of Nebat ,
that
he
caused Israel to sin,
Jehu
hath
not
turned
aside
from
after
them
--
the calves
of gold
that
`are'
at Beth-El,
and 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
saith
unto
Jehu, `
Because that
thou
hast
done well ,
to
do
that
which
`is'
right
in Mine
eyes
--
according
to
all
that
`
is '
in My heart
thou
hast
done to the house of Ahab --
the
sons
of the
fourth
`generation'
do
sit for
thee
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. ”
And
Jehu hath
not taken
heed
to walk
in
the law
of Jehovah
, God of Israel, with all his heart ,
he hath
not turned
aside
from the sins of
Jeroboam,
that he
caused 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 hath
Jehovah
begun
to cut
off
`some'
in
Israel,
and
Hazael
smiteth
them
in
all
the border
of Israel ,
In those days the
LORD
began
to reduce
the size
of Israel .
Hazael
defeated
the
Israelites
throughout
their
territory
from the Jordan ,
at
the
sun-rising,
the whole
land of Gilead ,
of
the Gadite
, and the
Reubenite
, and the
Manassahite
(
from Aroer ,
that
`is'
by the brook
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.
And
the rest of the matters
of Jehu, and
all that
he
did,
and all his might, are they not written on
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 lieth
with his fathers ,
and they
bury
him
in Samaria, and reign
doth
Jehoahaz
his son in his stead
.
And Jehu rested
with his fathers and was
buried
in Samaria, and his son Jehoahaz
reigned
in his place
.
And
the days
that
Jehu
hath
reigned
over Israel `are'
twenty and
eight years ,
in
Samaria
.
So
the duration
of
Jehu’s
reign
over Israel in
Samaria
was
twenty -
eight years.
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