4 Kings 10

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1 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders and caregivers Ahab's children, reading:
2 when this letter comes to you, as you have your master's sons, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fortified city, and weapons -
3 Choose the best and most worthy of the sons of their sovereign, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for the house of his sovereign.
4 They were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?
5 And he that was over the house [the king's], and the mayor, and the elders, and caregivers to Jehu, saying, We are your servants, and what do you say to us, then we will do we will not make the king, whatever you something and do it.
6 And he wrote a letter to them a second time so if you are mine, and hearken unto my voice, take the heads of the sons of the sovereign of his, and come to me tomorrow at this time in Jezreel. (King's sons, being seventy persons, brought them great men of the city.)
7 When it came to him a letter, they took the king's sons, and killed them - seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.
8 And there came a messenger, and told him, and said, brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.
9 In the morning he went out and stood and said to all the people you are innocent. Behold, I conspired against my master and killed him, but who slew all these?
10 Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the Lord, which he spake against the house of Ahab; The Lord has done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.
eleven So 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.
12 And he arose, and departed, and came to Samaria. Being on the road at Beth-Ekede shepherds,
13 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are you? They said: we are brothers of Ahaziah, are going to learn about the health of the king's sons, and the sons of the sovereign.
14 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and killed them - forty-two men at the pit of Beth-Ekeda, and not left any of them.

15 And I went out, and met with Jehonadab the son of Rechab, [who went] to meet him, and greeted him, and said to him, Is your heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jonadab said: yes. If so, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand, and he took him up to his chariot,
16 and he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord. And they put him into the chariot.
17 Came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Elijah.
18 And Jehu gathered all the people and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him more.
19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants and all his priests, let none be absent, because I have a great sacrifice to Baal. And whosoever will not come, will not remain alive. But Jehu did [it] with the cunning intention to destroy the worshipers of Baal.
20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed [meeting].
21 And Jehu sent throughout Israel and all the worshipers of Baal came; there was not one person who would not have come; and entered into the house of Baal, and the house of Baal was filled from one end to another.
22 And he said to the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshipers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.
23 And Jehu went with Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said to the worshipers of Baal scout and make out, is not whether you have one of the servants of the Lord, because there should be only the worshipers of Baal.
24 And they proceeded to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. And Jehu set out [at home] eighty people and said that the soul, which has saved someone from the people that I give you a hand, will instead of the soul [escaped].
25 When it was over the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them, so none left. And they smote them with the edge of the sword, and cast [them] guard and the captains, and went into the city, the house of Baal.
26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal and burned them.
27 And broke the image of Baal, and demolished the house of Baal; and made it a place unto this day.
28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

29 However from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, from them Jehu departed not, --From golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
thirty And the LORD said unto Jehu, because you have done what was right in my eyes, done to the house of Ahab all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart. He departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, who made Israel to sin.
32 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel, and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
33 From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, [knee] Gad, Reuben, Manasseh, [starting] from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
34 Others about Iiue and all that he did, and his might is written in the annals of the kings of Israel.
35 And Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
36 Time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.

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