10And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,H256H7657H1121H8111H3058H3789H5612H7971H8111H8269H3157H2205H539H256H559

2Now 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 fenced city also, and armour;H5612H935H113H1121H7393H5483H4013H5892H5402

3Look even 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.H7200H2896H3477H113H1121H7760H1H3678H3898H113H1004

4But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?H3966H3966H3372H559H8147H4428H5975H6440H5975

5And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.H1004H5892H2205H539H7971H3058H559H5650H6213H559H376H4427H6213H2896H5869

6Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, 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, which brought them up.H3789H5612H8145H559H8085H6963H3947H7218H582H113H1121H935H3157H4279H6256H4428H1121H7657H376H1419H5892H1431

7And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.H5612H935H3947H4428H1121H7819H7657H376H7760H7218H1731H7971H3157

8And 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 entering in of the gate until the morning.H935H4397H5046H559H935H7218H4428H1121H559H7760H8147H6652H6607H8179H1242

9And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?H1242H3318H5975H559H5971H6662H7194H113H2026H5221

10Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.H3045H645H5307H776H1697H3068H3068H1696H1004H256H3068H6213H1696H3027H5650H452

11So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.H3058H5221H7604H1004H256H3157H1419H3045H3548H7604H8300

12And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way,H6965H935H3212H8111H7462H1004H1044H1870

13Jehu 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.H3058H4672H251H274H4428H3063H559H559H251H274H3381H7965H1121H4428H1121H1377

14And 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.H559H8610H2416H8610H2416H7819H953H1044H8147H705H376H7604H376

15And 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 thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.H3212H4672H3082H1121H7394H7125H1288H559H3426H3824H3477H3824H3824H3082H559H3426H5414H3027H5414H3027H5927H4818

16And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.H559H3212H7200H7068H3068H7392H7393

17And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.H935H8111H5221H7604H256H8111H8045H1697H3068H1696H452

18And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.H3058H6908H5971H6908H559H256H5647H1168H4592H3058H5647H7235

19Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, 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 subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.H7121H5030H1168H5647H3548H376H6485H1419H2077H1168H6485H2421H3058H6213H6122H6H5647H1168

20And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.H3058H559H6942H6116H1168H7121

21And 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 full from one end to another.H3058H7971H3478H5647H1168H935H376H7604H935H935H1004H1168H1004H1168H4390H6310H6310

22And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.H559H4458H3318H3830H5647H1168H3318H4403

23And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only.H3058H935H3082H1121H7394H1004H1168H559H5647H1168H2664H7200H3426H5650H3068H5647H1168

24And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.H935H6213H2077H5930H3058H7760H8084H376H2351H559H376H582H935H3027H4422H5315H5315

25And 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.H3615H6213H5930H3058H559H7323H7991H935H5221H376H3318H5221H6310H2719H7323H7991H7993H3212H5892H1004H1168

26And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.H3318H4676H1004H1168H8313

27And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.H5422H4676H1168H5422H1004H1168H7760H4163H4280H3117

28Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.H3058H8045H1168H3478

29Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.H2399H3379H1121H5028H3478H2398H3058H5493H310H2091H5695H1008H1835

30And the LORD 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 mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.H3068H559H3058H2895H6213H3477H5869H6213H1004H256H3824H1121H7243H3427H3678H3478

31But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.H3058H8104H3212H8451H3068H430H3478H3824H5493H2403H3379H3478H2398

32In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;H3117H3068H2490H7096H3478H7096H2371H5221H1366H3478

33From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.H3383H4217H8121H776H1568H1425H7206H4520H6177H5158H769H1568H1316

34Now 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?H3499H1697H3058H6213H1369H3789H5612H1697H3117H4428H3478

35And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.H3058H7901H1H6912H8111H3059H1121H4427

36And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.H3117H3058H4427H3478H8111H6242H8083H8141