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ylt @2Kings:10:1 @And Ahab hath seventy sons in Samaria , and Jehu writeth letters , and sendeth to Samaria , unto the heads of Jezreel , the elders , and unto the supporters of Ahab , saying , ylt @2Kings:10:2 @'And now , at the coming in of this letter unto you , and with you [are ] sons of your lord , and with you [are ] the chariots and the horses , and a fenced city , and the armour , ylt @2Kings:10:3 @and ye have seen the best and the uprightest of the sons of your lord , and have set [him ] on the throne of his father , and fight ye for the house of your lord .' ylt @2Kings:10:4 @And they fear very greatly , and say , 'Lo , the two kings have not stood before him , and how do we stand -- we ?' ylt @2Kings:10:5 @And he who [is ] over the house , and he who [is ] over the city , and the elders , and the supporters , send unto Jehu , saying , 'Thy servants we [are ], and all that thou sayest unto us we do ; we do not make any one king -- that which [is ] good in thine eyes do .' ylt @2Kings:10:6 @And he writeth unto them a letter a second time , saying , 'If ye [are ] for me , and to my voice are hearkening , take the heads of the men -- the sons of your lord , and come unto me about this time to-morrow , to Jezreel ;' and the sons of the king [are ] seventy men , with the great ones of the city those bringing them up . ylt @2Kings:10:7 @And it cometh to pass , at the coming in of the letter unto them , that they take the sons of the king , and slaughter seventy men , and put their heads in baskets , and send unto him to Jezreel , ylt @2Kings:10:8 @and the messenger cometh in , and declareth to him , saying , 'They have brought in the heads of the sons of the king ,' and he saith , 'Make them two heaps at the opening of the gate till the morning .' ylt @2Kings:10:9 @And it cometh to pass in the morning , that he goeth out , and standeth , and saith unto all the people , 'Righteous are ye ; lo , I have conspired against my lord , and slay him -- and who smote all these ? ylt @2Kings:10:10 @Know ye now , that nothing doth fall of the word of Jehovah to the earth that Jehovah spake against the house of Ahab , and Jehovah hath done that which He spake by the hand of His servant Elijah .' ylt @2Kings:10:11 @And Jehu smiteth all those left to the house of Ahab in Jezreel , and all his great men , and his acquaintances , and his priests , till he hath not left to him a remnant . ylt @2Kings:10:12 @And he riseth , and cometh in and goeth to Samaria ; he [is ] at the shepherds ' shearing-house in the way , ylt @2Kings:10:13 @and Jehu hath found the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah , and saith , 'Who [are ] ye ?' and they say , 'Brethren of Ahaziah we [are ], and we go down to salute the sons of the king , and the sons of the mistress .' ylt @2Kings:10:14 @And he saith , 'Catch them alive ;' and they catch them alive , and slaughter them at the pit of the shearing-house , forty and two men , and he hath not left a man of them . ylt @2Kings:10:15 @And he goeth thence , and findeth Jehonadab son of Rechab -- to meet him , and blesseth him , and saith unto him , 'Is thy heart right , as my heart [is ] with thy heart ?' and Jehonadab saith , 'It is ;' -- 'Then it is ; give thy hand ;' and he giveth his hand , and he causeth him to come up into him into the chariot , ylt @2Kings:10:16 @and saith , 'Come with me , and look on my zeal for Jehovah ;' and they cause him to ride in his chariot . ylt @2Kings:10:17 @And he cometh in to Samaria , and smiteth all those left to Ahab in Samaria , till his destroying him , according to the word of Jehovah that He spake unto Elisha . ylt @2Kings:10:18 @And Jehu gathereth the whole of the people , and saith unto them , 'Ahab served Baal a little -- Jehu doth serve him much : ylt @2Kings:10:19 @and now , all the prophets of Baal , all his servants , and all his priests , call ye unto me ; let not a man be lacking , for a great sacrifice I have for Baal ; every one who is lacking -- he doth not live ;' and Jehu hath done [it ] in subtilty , in order to destroy the servants of Baal . ylt @2Kings:10:20 @And Jehu saith , 'Sanctify a restraint for Baal ;' and they proclaim [it ]. ylt @2Kings:10:21 @And Jehu sendeth into all Israel , and all the servants of Baal come in , and there hath not been left a man who hath not come in ; and they come in to the house of Baal , and the house of Baal is full -- mouth to mouth . ylt @2Kings:10:22 @And he saith to him who [is ] over the wardrobe , 'Bring out clothing to all servants of Baal ;' and he bringeth out to them the clothing . ylt @2Kings:10:23 @And Jehu goeth in , and Jehonadab son of Rechab , to the house of Baal , and saith to the servants of Baal , 'Search and see , lest there be here with you of the servants of Jehovah -- but , the servants of Baal by themselves .' ylt @2Kings:10:24 @And they come in to make sacrifices and burnt-offerings , and Jehu hath set for himself in an out-place eighty men , and saith , 'The man who letteth escape [any ] of the men whom I am bringing in unto your hand -- his soul for his soul .' ylt @2Kings:10:25 @And it cometh to pass at his finishing to make the burnt-offering , that Jehu saith to the runners , and to the captains , 'Go in , smite them , let none come out ;' and they smite them by the mouth of the sword , and the runners and the captains cast [them ] out ; and they go unto the city , to the house of Baal , ylt @2Kings:10:26 @and bring out the standing-pillars of the house of Baal , and burn them , ylt @2Kings:10:27 @and break down the standing-pillar of Baal , and break down the house of Baal , and appoint it for a draught-house unto this day . ylt @2Kings:10:28 @And Jehu destroyeth Baal out of Israel , ylt @2Kings:10:29 @only -- the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat , that he caused Israel to sin , Jehu hath not turned aside from after them -- the calves of gold that [are ] at Beth-El , and in Dan . ylt @2Kings:10:30 @And Jehovah saith unto Jehu , 'Because that thou hast done well , to do that which [is ] right in Mine eyes -- according to all that [is ] in My heart thou hast done to the house of Ahab -- the sons of the fourth [generation ] do sit for thee on the throne of Israel .' ylt @2Kings:10:31 @And Jehu hath not taken heed to walk in the law of Jehovah , God of Israel , with all his heart , he hath not turned aside from the sins of Jeroboam , that he caused Israel to sin . ylt @2Kings:10:32 @In those days hath Jehovah begun to cut off [some ] in Israel , and Hazael smiteth them in all the border of Israel , ylt @2Kings:10:33 @from the Jordan , at the sun-rising , the whole land of Gilead , of the Gadite , and the Reubenite , and the Manassahite (from Aroer , that [is ] by the brook Arnon ), even Gilead and Bashan . ylt @2Kings:10:34 @And the rest of the matters of Jehu , and all that he did , and all his might , are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? ylt @2Kings:10:35 @And Jehu lieth with his fathers , and they bury him in Samaria , and reign doth Jehoahaz his son in his stead . ylt @2Kings:10:36 @And the days that Jehu hath reigned over Israel [are ] twenty and eight years , in Samaria .

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