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And Ahab #
Ach #
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had seventy sons in Samaria .
And Jehu wrote letters ,
and sent to Samaria ,
unto the rulers of Jezreel Yizr @#
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to the elders ,
and to them that brought up Ahabs #
Ach #
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children ,
saying ,
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Now as soon as this letter cometh to you ,
seeing your masters sons are with you ,
and there are with you chariots and horses ,
a fenced city also ,
and armour ;
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Look even out the best and meetest of your masters sons ,
and set him on his fathers throne ,
and fight for your masters house .
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But they were exceedingly #
H3966afraid ,
and said ,
Behold ,
two kings stood not before him :
how then shall we stand ?
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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 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 .
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Then 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 masters sons ,
and come to me to Jezreel Yizr @#
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by to morrow this time .
Now the kings sons ,
being seventy persons ,
were with the great men of the city ,
which brought them up .
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And it came to pass ,
when the letter came to them ,
that they took the kings sons ,
and slew seventy persons ,
and put their heads in baskets ,
and sent him them to Jezreel Yizr @#
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And there came a messenger mal #
ak #,
and told him ,
saying ,
They have brought the heads of the kings sons .
And he said ,
Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning .
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And 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 ?
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Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD ,
which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab #
Ach #
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for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah .
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So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab #
Ach #
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in Jezreel Yizr @#
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and all his great men ,
and his kinsfolks ,
and his priests ,
until he left him none remaining .
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And he arose and departed ,
and came to Samaria .
And as he was at the shearing house Beythin the way ,
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Jehu 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 .
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And he said ,
Take them alive .
And they took them alive ,
and slew them at the pit of the shearing house Beyth ,
even two and forty #
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iym #
men ;
neither left he any of them .
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And 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 .
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And he said ,
Come with me ,
and see my zeal for the LORD .
So they made him ride in his chariot .
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And when he came to Samaria ,
he slew all that remained unto Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
in Samaria ,
till he had destroyed him ,
according to the saying of the LORD ,
which he spake to Elijah .
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And Jehu gathered #
all the people together ,
and said unto them ,
Ahab #
Ach #
ab #
served Baal a little m @#
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but Jehu shall serve him much .
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Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal Ba #
al #,
all his servants ,
and all his priests ;
let none be wanting :
for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal Ba #
al #;
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 Ba #
al #.
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And Jehu said ,
Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal Ba #
al #.
And they proclaimed it .
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And Jehu sent through all Israel Yisra #
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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 Ba #
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and the house of Baal was full from one end to another .
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And he said unto him that was over the vestry ,
Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal Ba #
al #.
And he brought them forth vestments .
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And Jehu went ,
and Jehonadab the son of Rechab ,
into the house of Baal Ba #
al #,
and said unto the worshippers of Baal Ba #
al #,
Search ,
and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD ,
but the worshippers of Baal only .
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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 letteth him go ,
his life shall be for the life of him .
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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 Ba #
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And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal Ba #
al #,
and burned them .
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And they brake down the image of Baal Ba #
al #,
and brake down the house of Baal Ba #
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and made it a draught house mowtsa #
unto this day .
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Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel Yisra #
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Howbeit 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 Beyth -#
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and that were in Dan .
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And 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 #
Ach #
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according to all that was in mine heart ,
thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel Yisra #
el #.
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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 Yarob #
am #,
which made Israel to sin .
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In those days the LORD began to cut #
Israel short :
and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel Yisra #
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From Jordan eastward mizrach #,
all the land of Gilead Gil #
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the Gadites ,
and the Reubenites R @#
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and the Manassites ,
from Aroer #
Arow #
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which is by the river Arnon ,
even Gilead and Bashan .
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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 dabar #
of the kings of Israel Yisra #
el #?
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And Jehu slept with his fathers :
and they buried him in Samaria .
And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead .
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And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years .