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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 the supporters of Ahab , saying , * And now as soon as this letter comes to you , since your master 's sons [are ] with you , and chariots and horses are ] with you , also a fortified city and armor , * even look 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 . * And they were exceedingly afraid and said , Behold , two kings did not stand before him ; how then shall we stand ? * And he who [was ] over the house , and he over the city , the elders also , and the guardians , sent to Jehu saying , We [are ] your servants and will do all that you shall say to us ; we will not make any king . Do what is good in your eyes . * And he wrote a letter the second time to them , saying , If you [are ] mine , and will listen to my voice , take the heads of the men , your master 's sons , and come to me to Jezreel by this time tomorrow . And the king 's sons , seventy persons , [were ] with the great men of the city who brought them up . * And it happened when the letter came to them , they took the king 's sons and killed them , seventy persons , and put their heads in baskets and sent to him in Jezreel . * And a messenger came and told him , saying , They have brought the heads of the king 's sons . And he said , Lay them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning . * And it happened in the morning , he went out and stood , and said to all the people , You [are ] righteous . Behold , I plotted against my master and killed him . But who killed all these ? * Now know 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 . * And Jehu killed all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel , and all his great men , and his familiar friends , and his priests , until he left him none remaining . * And he arose and departed , and came to Samaria . He [was ] at the shepherds ' shearing-house in the way , * And Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah , and said , Who [are ] you ? And they answered , The brothers of Ahaziah . And we are going down to greet the king 's sons and the queen 's sons . * And he said , Take them alive ! And they took them alive and killed them at the pit of the shearing-house , forty-two men . And he left not a man of them . * And he left there and found Jehonadab the son of Rechab [coming ] to meet him . And [he ] greeted him and said to him , [Is ] your heart right , as my heart [is ] with your heart ? And Jehonadab answered , It is . If it is , give your hand . And he gave his hand . And he took him up to him into the chariot . * And [he ] said , Come with me and see my zeal for Jehovah . And they made him ride in his chariot . * And he came to Samaria , and killed all that remained to Ahab in Samaria , until he had destroyed him , according to the saying of Jehovah 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 . * And now call to me all the prophets of Baal , all his servants and all his priests . Let no one be lacking . For I have a great sacrifice to Baal . Whoever shall be lacking , he shall not live . But Jehu was acting with cunning , to the end that he might destroy the worshipers of Baal . * And Jehu said , Call a solemn feast for Baal . And they called [it ]. * And Jehu sent through all Israel . And all the worshipers 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 full from one end to another . * And he said to him who [was ] over the robe-room , Bring out robes for all the worshipers of Baal . And he brought [them ] out for them . * And Jehu went , and Jehonadab the son of Rechab , into the house of Baal . And he said to the servants of Baal , Search and look , that there [may ] not [be ] here with you any of the servants of the LORD , but only the servants of Baal . * And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings . And Jehu had appointed eighty men outside , and said , [If ] any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escapes , his life shall be for the life of him . * And it happened when he had made an end of offering the burnt offering , Jehu said to the guard and to the commanders , Go in . Kill them ! Do not let any come out ! And they struck them with the edge of the sword . And the guard and the commanders threw [them ] out . And they went to the city , to 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 sewer-house until this day . * And Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel . * Only , Jehu did not depart [from ] the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat , who made Israel to sin , going after them , the golden calves in Bethel and in Daniel . * And the LORD said to him , Jehu , because you have done well in doing the right in My eyes , and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that [was ] in My heart , your sons of the fourth generation ] shall sit on the throne of Israel . * But Jehu did not care to walk in the law of Jehovah God of Israel with all his heart , for he did not turn from the sins of Jeroboam , who made Israel to sin . * In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short . And Hazael struck them in all the border of Israel , * from Jordan toward the rising of the sun , all the land of Gilead , the men of Gad and of Reuben and of Manasseh , from Aroer , by the river Arnon , even Gilead and Bashan . * And 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 Matter of the Days of the Kings of Israel ? * And Jehu slept with his fathers . And they buried him in Samaria . And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place . * And the days that Jehu reigned over Israel and Samaria [were ] twenty-eight years .

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