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* And Ahab #Ach #ab # had seventy sons in Samaria . And Jehu wrote letters , and sent to Samaria , unto the rulers of Jezreel Yizr @#e #l #, to the elders , and to them that brought up Ahabs #Ach #ab # children , saying , * 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 ; * Look even out the best and meetest of your masters sons , and set him on his fathers throne , and fight for your masters house . * But they were exceedingly #H3966afraid , 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 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 . * 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 @#e #l # by to morrow this time . Now the kings 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 kings sons , and slew seventy persons , and put their heads in baskets , and sent him them to Jezreel Yizr @#e #l #. * 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 . * 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 ? * 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 #ab #: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah . * So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab #Ach #ab # in Jezreel Yizr @#e #l #, and all his great men , and his kinsfolks , 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 Beythin the way , * 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 . * 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 #arba #iym # men ; neither left he any of them . * 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 . * 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 unto Ahab #Ach #ab # in Samaria , till he had destroyed him , according to the saying of the LORD , which he spake to Elijah . * And Jehu gathered # all the people together , and said unto them , Ahab #Ach #ab # served Baal a little m @#at #; but Jehu shall serve him much . * 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 #. * And Jehu said , Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal Ba #al #. And they proclaimed it . * And Jehu sent through all Israel Yisra #el #: 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 #al #; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 #al #. * And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal Ba #al #, and burned them . * And they brake down the image of Baal Ba #al #, and brake down the house of Baal Ba #al #, and made it a draught house mowtsa # unto this day . * Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel Yisra #el #. * 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 -#El #, and that were in Dan . * 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 #ab # according to all that was in mine heart , thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel Yisra #el #. * 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 . * In those days the LORD began to cut # Israel short : and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel Yisra #el #; * From Jordan eastward mizrach #, all the land of Gilead Gil #ad #, the Gadites , and the Reubenites R @#uwbeniy #, and the Manassites , from Aroer #Arow #er #, 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 dabar # of the kings of Israel Yisra #el #? * 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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