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* Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria . And 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 , * And 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 , also a fortified city , and armor , * look ye out for the best and fittest of your master 's sons , and 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 did not stand before him . How then shall we stand ? * And he who was over the household , and he who was over the city , the elders also , and those who brought up [the sons ], sent to Jehu , saying , We are thy servants , and will do all that thou shall bid us . We will not make any man king * Then he wrote a letter the second time to them , saying , If ye be on my side , and if ye will hearken to my voice , take ye the heads of the men your master 's sons , and come to me to Jezreel by tomorrow this time . Now the king 's sons , * And it came to pass , 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 . * And a messenger came , 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 . * 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 killed him . But who smote all these ? * Know now that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of LORD , which LORD spoke concerning the house of Ahab , for LORD has done that which he spoke by his servant Elijah . * So Jehu smote all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel , and all his great men , and his familiar friends , and his priests , until he left to him none remaining . * And he arose and departed , and went to Samaria . And as he was at the shearing-house of the shepherds in the way , * Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah , and said , Who are ye ? And they answered , We are the brothers of Ahaziah , and we go down to salute the sons of the king and the sons of the queen . * And he said , Take them alive . And they took them alive , and killed them at the pit of the shearing-house , even forty-two men ; neither did he leave any of them . * And when he was departed from there , he came upon 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 , g * And he said , Come with me , and see my zeal for LORD . So they made him ride in his chariot . * And when he came to Samaria , he smote all who remained to Ahab in Samaria , till he had destroyed him , according to the word of LORD , which he spoke to Elijah . * And Jehu gathered all the people together , and said to them , Ahab served Baal a little , but Jehu will serve him much . * Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal , all his worshippers , and all his priests . Let none be lacking , for I have a great sacrifice [to do ] to Baal . Whoever shall be lacking , he shall not live . But Jehu did it in subtlet * And Jehu said , Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal . And they proclaimed it . * And Jehu sent through all Israel . And all the worshippers of Baal came , so that there was not a man left who did not come . And they came into the house of Baal , and the house of Baal was filled from one end to another . * And he said to him who was over the vestry , Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal . And he brought forth for them vestments . * And 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 LORD , but the worshippers of Baal only . * And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt-offerings . Now Jehu had appointed for 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 h * 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 kill them ; let none come forth . And they smote them with the edge of the sword . And the * And they brought forth the pillars that were in the house of Baal , and burned them . * And they broke down the pillar of Baal , and broke down the house of Baal , and made it an out-house to this day . * Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel . * However from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , with which he made Israel to sin , Jehu did not depart from after them , [namely ], the golden calves that were in Bethel , and that were in Daniel . * And LORD said to Jehu , Because thou 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 , thy sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne o * But Jehu did not take heed to walk in the law of LORD , the God of Israel , with all his heart . He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam , with which he made Israel to sin . * In those days LORD began to cut off from Israel . And Hazael smote them in all the borders of Israel , * 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 . * 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 ? * And Jehu slept with his fathers , and they buried him in Samaria . And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead . * And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years .

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