Now Ahab{H256} had seventy{H7657} sons{H1121} in Samaria.{H8111} And Jehu{H3058} wrote{H3789} letters,{H5612} and sent{H7971} to Samaria,{H8111} unto the rulers{H8269} of Jezreel,{H3157} even the elders,{H2205} and unto them that brought up{H539} [the sons of] Ahab,{H256} saying,{H559}

And now as soon as this letter{H5612} cometh{H935} to you, seeing your master's{H113} sons{H1121} are with you, and there are with you chariots{H7393} and horses,{H5483} a fortified{H4013} city{H5892} also, and armor;{H5402}

look ye out{H7200} the best{H2896} and meetest{H3477} of your master's{H113} sons,{H1121} and set{H7760} him on his father's{H1} throne,{H3678} and fight{H3898} for your master's{H113} house.{H1004}

But they were exceedingly{H3966} afraid,{H3372} and said,{H559} Behold, the two{H8147} kings{H4428} stood{H5975} not before{H6440} him: how then shall we stand?{H5975}

And he that was over the household,{H1004} and he that was over the city,{H5892} the elders{H2205} also, and they that brought up{H539} [the children], sent{H7971} to Jehu,{H3058} saying,{H559} We are thy servants,{H5650} and will do{H6213} all that thou shalt bid{H559} us; we will not make any{H376} man king:{H4427} do{H6213} thou that which is good{H2896} in thine eyes.{H5869}

Then he wrote{H3789} a letter{H5612} the second time{H8145} to them, saying,{H559} If ye be on my side, and if ye will hearken{H8085} unto my voice,{H6963} take{H3947} ye the heads{H7218} of the men{H582} your master's{H113} sons,{H1121} and come{H935} to me to Jezreel{H3157} by to-morrow{H4279} this time.{H6256} Now the king's{H4428} sons,{H1121} being seventy{H7657} persons,{H376} were with the great men{H1419} of the city,{H5892} who brought them up.{H1431}

And it came to pass, when the letter{H5612} came{H935} to them, that they took{H3947} the king's{H4428} sons,{H1121} and slew{H7819} them, even seventy{H7657} persons,{H376} and put{H7760} their heads{H7218} in baskets,{H1731} and sent{H7971} them unto him to Jezreel.{H3157}

And there came{H935} a messenger,{H4397} and told{H5046} him, saying,{H559} They have brought{H935} the heads{H7218} of the king's{H4428} sons.{H1121} And he said,{H559} Lay{H7760} ye them in{H6607} two{H8147} heaps{H6652} at the entrance{H6607} of the gate{H8179} until the morning.{H1242}

And it came to pass in the morning,{H1242} that he went out,{H3318} and stood,{H5975} and said{H559} to all the people,{H5971} Ye are righteous:{H6662} behold, I conspired{H7194} against my master,{H113} and slew{H2026} him; but who smote{H5221} all these?

Know{H3045} now{H645} that there shall fall{H5307} unto the earth{H776} nothing of the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} which Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} concerning the house{H1004} of Ahab:{H256} for Jehovah{H3068} hath done{H6213} that which he spake{H1696} by{H3027} his servant{H5650} Elijah.{H452}

So Jehu{H3058} smote{H5221} all that remained{H7604} of the house{H1004} of Ahab{H256} in Jezreel,{H3157} and all his great men,{H1419} and his familiar{H3045} friends, and his priests,{H3548} until he left{H7604} him none remaining.{H8300}

And he arose{H6965} and departed,{H935} and went{H3212} to Samaria.{H8111} And as he was at the shearing -{H7462} house{H1004} of the shepherds in the way,{H1870}

Jehu{H3058} met{H4672} with the brethren{H251} of Ahaziah{H274} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} and said,{H559} Who are ye? And they answered,{H559} We are the brethren{H251} of Ahaziah:{H274} and we go down{H3381} to salute{H7965} the children{H1121} of the king{H4428} and the children{H1121} of the queen.{H1377}

And he said,{H559} Take{H8610} them alive.{H2416} And they took{H8610} them alive,{H2416} and slew{H7819} them at the pit{H953} of the shearing-house,{H1044} even two{H8147} and forty{H705} men;{H376} neither left{H7604} he any{H376} of them.

And when he was departed{H3212} thence, he lighted{H4672} on Jehonadab{H3082} the son{H1121} of Rechab{H7394} coming to meet{H7125} him; and he saluted{H1288} him, and said{H559} to him, Is{H3426} thy heart{H3824} right,{H3477} as my heart{H3824} is with thy heart?{H3824} And Jehonadab{H3082} answered,{H559} It is.{H3426} If it be, give{H5414} me thy hand.{H3027} And he gave{H5414} him his hand;{H3027} and he took him up{H5927} to him into the chariot.{H4818}

And he said,{H559} Come{H3212} with me, and see{H7200} my zeal{H7068} for Jehovah.{H3068} So they made him ride{H7392} in his chariot.{H7393}

And when he came{H935} to Samaria,{H8111} he smote{H5221} all that remained{H7604} unto Ahab{H256} in Samaria,{H8111} till he had destroyed{H8045} him, according to the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} which he spake{H1696} to Elijah.{H452}

And Jehu{H3058} gathered{H6908} all the people{H5971} together,{H6908} and said{H559} unto them, Ahab{H256} served{H5647} Baal{H1168} a little;{H4592} but Jehu{H3058} will serve{H5647} him much.{H7235}

Now therefore call{H7121} unto me all the prophets{H5030} of Baal,{H1168} all his worshippers,{H5647} and all his priests;{H3548} let none{H376} be wanting:{H6485} for I have a great{H1419} sacrifice{H2077} [to do] to Baal;{H1168} whosoever shall be wanting,{H6485} he shall not live.{H2421} But Jehu{H3058} did{H6213} it in subtlety,{H6122} to the intent that he might destroy{H6} the worshippers{H5647} of Baal.{H1168}

And Jehu{H3058} said,{H559} Sanctify{H6942} a solemn assembly{H6116} for Baal.{H1168} And they proclaimed{H7121} it.

And Jehu{H3058} sent{H7971} through all Israel:{H3478} and all the worshippers{H5647} of Baal{H1168} came,{H935} so that there was not a man{H376} left{H7604} that came{H935} not. And they came{H935} into the house{H1004} of Baal;{H1168} and the house{H1004} of Baal{H1168} was filled{H4390} from one end{H6310} to another.{H6310}

And he said{H559} unto him that was over the vestry,{H4458} Bring forth{H3318} vestments{H3830} for all the worshippers{H5647} of Baal.{H1168} And he brought them forth{H3318} vestments.{H4403}

And Jehu{H3058} went,{H935} and Jehonadab{H3082} the son{H1121} of Rechab,{H7394} into the house{H1004} of Baal;{H1168} and he said{H559} unto the worshippers{H5647} of Baal,{H1168} Search,{H2664} and look{H7200} that there be{H3426} here with you none of the servants{H5650} of Jehovah,{H3068} but the worshippers{H5647} of Baal{H1168} only.

And they went in{H935} to offer{H6213} sacrifices{H2077} and burnt-offerings.{H5930} Now Jehu{H3058} had appointed{H7760} him fourscore{H8084} men{H376} without,{H2351} and said,{H559} If any{H376} of the men{H582} whom I bring{H935} into your hands{H3027} escape,{H4422} [he that letteth him go], his life{H5315} shall be for the life{H5315} of him.

And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end{H3615} of offering{H6213} the burnt-offering,{H5930} that Jehu{H3058} said{H559} to the guard{H7323} and to the captains,{H7991} Go in,{H935} and slay{H5221} them; let none{H376} come forth.{H3318} And they smote{H5221} them with the edge{H6310} of the sword;{H2719} and the guard{H7323} and the captains{H7991} cast them out,{H7993} and went{H3212} to the city{H5892} of the house{H1004} of Baal.{H1168}

And they brought forth{H3318} the pillars{H4676} that were in the house{H1004} of Baal,{H1168} and burned{H8313} them.

And they brake down{H5422} the pillar{H4676} of Baal,{H1168} and brake down{H5422} the house{H1004} of Baal,{H1168} and made{H7760} it a draught-house,{H4163} unto this day.{H3117}

Thus Jehu{H3058} destroyed{H8045} Baal{H1168} out of Israel.{H3478}

Howbeit from the sins{H2399} of Jeroboam{H3379} the son{H1121} of Nebat,{H5028} wherewith he made Israel{H3478} to sin,{H2398} Jehu{H3058} departed{H5493} not from after{H310} them, [to wit], the golden{H2091} calves{H5695} that were in Beth-el,{H1008} and that were in Dan.{H1835}

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Jehu,{H3058} Because thou hast done well{H2895} in executing{H6213} that which is right{H3477} in mine eyes,{H5869} [and] hast done{H6213} unto the house{H1004} of Ahab{H256} according to all that was in my heart,{H3824} thy sons{H1121} of the fourth{H7243} generation shall sit{H3427} on the throne{H3678} of Israel.{H3478}

But Jehu{H3058} took no heed{H8104} to walk{H3212} in the law{H8451} of Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} with all his heart:{H3824} he departed{H5493} not from the sins{H2403} of Jeroboam,{H3379} wherewith he made Israel{H3478} to sin.{H2398}

In those days{H3117} Jehovah{H3068} began{H2490} to cut{H7096} off{H7096} from Israel:{H3478} and Hazael{H2371} smote{H5221} them in all the borders{H1366} of Israel;{H3478}

from the Jordan{H3383} eastward,{H4217} all the land{H776} of Gilead,{H1568} the Gadites,{H1425} and the Reubenites,{H7206} and the Manassites,{H4520} from Aroer,{H6177} which is by the valley{H5158} of the Arnon,{H769} even Gilead{H1568} and Bashan.{H1316}

Now the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Jehu,{H3058} and all that he did,{H6213} and all his might,{H1369} are they not written{H3789} in the book{H5612} of the chronicles{H1697} of the kings{H4428} of Israel?{H3478}

And Jehu{H3058} slept{H7901} with his fathers;{H1} and they buried{H6912} him in Samaria.{H8111} And Jehoahaz{H3059} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427} in his stead.

And the time{H3117} that Jehu{H3058} reigned{H4427} over Israel{H3478} in Samaria{H8111} was twenty{H6242} and eight{H8083} years.{H8141}