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* And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria . And Jehu wrote letters , and sent to Samaria , to the rulers of Jezreel , to the elders , and to them that brought up Ahab ' children , saying , * Now as soon as this letter comes to you , seeing your master ' sons are with you , and there are with you chariots and horses , a fenced city also , and armor ; * Look even out the best and meet of your master ' sons , and set him on his father ' throne , and fight for your master ' house . * But they were exceedingly afraid , and said , Behold , two kings stood not before him : how then shall we stand ? * And 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 your servants , and will do all that you shall bid us ; we will not make any king : do you that which is good in your eyes . * Then he wrote a letter the second time to them , saying , If you be mine , and if you will listen to my voice , take you the heads of the men your master ' sons , and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time . Now the king ' sons , being seventy persons , were with the great men of the city , which brought them up . * And it came to pass , when the letter came to them , that they took the king ' sons , and slew seventy persons , and put their heads in baskets , and sent him them to Jezreel . * And there came a messenger , and told him , saying , They have brought the heads of the king ' sons . And he said , Lay you them in two heaps at the entering in 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 , You be righteous : behold , I conspired against my master , and slew him : but who slew all these ? * Know now that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of the LORD , which the LORD spoke concerning the house of Ahab : for the LORD has done that which he spoke by his servant Elijah . * So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel , and all his great men , and his kinfolks , and his priests , until he left him none remaining . * And he arose and departed , and came to Samaria . And as he was at the shearing house in the way , * Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah , and said , Who are you ? And they answered , We are the brothers of Ahaziah ; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen . * And 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 . * And when he was departed there , he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him : and he saluted him , and said to him , Is your heart right , as my heart is with your heart ? And Jehonadab answered , It is . If it be , give me your hand . And he gave him his hand ; and he took him up to him into the chariot . * And he said , Come with me , and see my zeal for the LORD . So they made him ride in his chariot . * And when he came to Samaria , he slew all that remained to Ahab in Samaria , till he had destroyed him , according to the saying of the LORD , which he spoke to Elijah . * And Jehu gathered all the people together , and said to them , Ahab served Baal a little ; but Jehu shall serve him much . * Now therefore call to 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 ; 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 said , Proclaim 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 that came not . And they came into the house of Baal ; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another . * And he said to him that was over the vestry , Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal . And he brought them forth vestments . * And Jehu went , and Jehonadab the son of Rechab , into the house of Baal , and said to 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 . * And 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 lets him go , his life shall be for the life of him . * 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 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 . * And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal , and burned them . * And they broke down the image of Baal , and broke down the house of Baal , and made it a draught house to this day . * Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel . * However , 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 Daniel . * And the LORD 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 children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel . * But 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 . * In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short : and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel ; * From 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 . * 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 and eight years .

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