fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of
Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.
[11] So Jehu slew all that remained
of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him
none remaining.
[12] And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing
house in the way,
[13] 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.
[14] And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at
the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.
[15] 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.
[16] And
he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
[17] And
when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him,
according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.
[18] And Jehu gathered all the people
together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.
[19] Now therefore
call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a
great sacrifice to do to Baal; 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.
[20] And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly
for Baal. And they proclaimed it.
[21] And Jehu sent through all Israel: 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; and the
house of Baal was full from one end to another.
[22] And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring
forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.
[23] And Jehu
went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal,
Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of
Baal only.
[24] 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.
[25] 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.
[26] And they brought forth the images out of the house of
Baal, and burned them.
[27] And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal,
and made it a draught house unto this day.
[28] Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
[29] 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, and that were in Dan.
[30] 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 according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the
throne of Israel.
[31] 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, which made Israel to sin.
[32] In those days the
LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;
[33] From Jordan eastward,
all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the
river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
[34] 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 of the kings of Israel?
[35] And Jehu slept
with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
[36] And the
time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.
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[1] And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all
the seed royal.
[2] But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of
Ahaziah and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and
his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
[3] And he was with her hid in the
house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
[4] And the seventh year Jehoiada
sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him
into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house