2 Kings 10

1Now AhabH256 had seventyH7657 sonsH1121 in SamariaH8111. And JehuH3058 wroteH3789 lettersH5612, and sentH7971 to SamariaH8111, unto the rulers of JezreelH3157, even the eldersH2205, and unto them that brought up the sonsH1121 of AhabH256, sayingH559, 2And nowH6258 as soon as this letterH5612 cometh to you, seeing your master’sH113 sonsH1121 are with you, and there are with you chariotsH7393 and horsesH5483, a fortified cityH5892 also, and armor; 3lookH7200 ye out the bestH2896 and meetest of your master’sH113 sonsH1121, and setH7760 him on his father’sH1 throneH3678, and fightH3898 for your master’sH113 houseH1004. 4But they were exceedinglyH3966 afraidH3372, and saidH559, Behold, the twoH8147 kingsH4428 stoodH5975 not before him: howH349 then shall we standH5975? 5And he that was over the householdH1004, and he that was over the cityH5892, the eldersH2205 also, and they that brought up the children, sentH7971 to JehuH3058, sayingH559, We are thy servantsH5650, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not makeH6213 any manH376 kingH4427: do thou that which is goodH2896 in thine eyesH5869. 6Then he wroteH3789 a letterH5612 the secondH8145 timeH6256 to them, sayingH559, If ye be on my side, and if ye will hearken unto my voiceH6963, takeH3947 ye the headsH7218 of the menH376 your master’sH113 sonsH1121, and comeH935 to me to JezreelH3157 by to-morrow this timeH6256. Now the king’sH4428 sonsH1121, being seventyH7657 personsH376, were with the greatH1419 menH376 of the cityH5892, who broughtH935 them up. 7And it cameH935 to pass, when the letterH5612 cameH935 to them, that they tookH3947 the king’sH4428 sonsH1121, and slew them, even seventyH7657 personsH376, and putH7760 their headsH7218 in basketsH1731, and sentH7971 them unto him to JezreelH3157. 8And there cameH935 a messengerH4397, and toldH5046 him, sayingH559, They have broughtH935 the headsH7218 of the king’sH4428 sonsH1121. And he saidH559, Lay ye them in twoH8147 heaps at the entranceH6607 of the gateH8179 until the morningH1242. 9And it came to pass in the morningH1242, that he wentH3318 out, and stoodH5975, and saidH559 to all the peopleH5971, Ye are righteousH6662: behold, I conspired against my masterH113, and slewH2026 him; but who smote all these? 10KnowH3045 now that there shall fallH5307 unto the earthH776 nothing of the wordH1697 of Jehovah, which Jehovah spake concerning the houseH1004 of AhabH256: for Jehovah hath done that which he spake by his servantH5650 ElijahH452. 11So JehuH3058 smote all that remainedH7604 of the houseH1004 of AhabH256 in JezreelH3157, and all his greatH1419 men, and his familiar friends, and his priestsH3548, until he leftH7604 him none remainingH7604.

12And he aroseH6965 and departed, and wentH935 to SamariaH8111. And as he was at the shearing-house of the shepherdsH7462 in the wayH1870, 13JehuH3058 met with the brethren of AhaziahH274 kingH4428 of JudahH3063, and saidH559, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of AhaziahH274: and we goH3381 down to salute the children of the kingH4428 and the children of the queen. 14And he saidH559, Take them aliveH2416. And they took them aliveH2416, and slew them at the pitH953 of the shearing-house, even twoH8147 and fortyH705 menH376; neither leftH7604 he any of them.

15And whenH834 he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the sonH1121 of RechabH7394 comingH5927 to meet him; and he saluted him, and saidH559 to him, Is thy heartH3824 rightH3477, as my heartH3824 is with thy heartH3824? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, giveH5414 me thy handH3027. And he gaveH5414 him his handH3027; and he took him up to him into the chariotH4818. 16And he saidH559, Come with me, and seeH7200 my zealH7068 for Jehovah. So they made him rideH7392 in his chariotH7393. 17And whenH834 he cameH935 to SamariaH8111, he smote all that remainedH7604 unto AhabH256 in SamariaH8111, till he had destroyedH8045 him, according to the wordH1697 of Jehovah, which he spake to ElijahH452.

18And JehuH3058 gatheredH6908 all the peopleH5971 togetherH6908, and saidH559 unto them, AhabH256 servedH5647 BaalH1168 a littleH4592; but JehuH3058 will serveH5647 him muchH7235. 19NowH6258 thereforeH6258 callH7121 unto me all the prophetsH5030 of BaalH1168, all his worshippers, and all his priestsH3548; let none be wanting: for I have a greatH1419 sacrificeH2077 to do to BaalH1168; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not liveH2421. But JehuH3058 did it in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroyH6 the worshippers of BaalH1168. 20And JehuH3058 saidH559, SanctifyH6942 a solemnH6116 assemblyH6116 for BaalH1168. And they proclaimedH7121 it. 21And JehuH3058 sentH7971 through all IsraelH3478: and all the worshippers of BaalH1168 cameH935, so that there was not a manH376 leftH7604 that cameH935 not. And they cameH935 into the houseH1004 of BaalH1168; and the houseH1004 of BaalH1168 was filledH4390 from oneH376 end to another. 22And he saidH559 unto him that was over the vestry, BringH3318 forthH3318 vestments for all the worshippers of BaalH1168. And he broughtH3318 them forthH3318 vestments. 23And JehuH3058 wentH935, and Jehonadab the sonH1121 of RechabH7394, into the houseH1004 of BaalH1168; and he saidH559 unto the worshippers of BaalH1168, SearchH2664, and lookH7200 that there be hereH6311 with you none of the servantsH5650 of Jehovah, but the worshippers of BaalH1168 onlyH905. 24And they wentH935 in to offer sacrificesH2077 and burnt-offerings. Now JehuH3058 had appointedH7760 him fourscore menH376 without, and saidH559, If any of the menH376 whom I bringH935 into your handsH3027 escapeH4422, he that letteth him goH935, his lifeH5315 shall be for the lifeH5315 of him.

25And it cameH935 to pass, as soon as he had madeH6213 an endH3615 of offering the burnt-offering, that JehuH3058 saidH559 to the guard and to the captains, GoH3318 in, and slay them; let none comeH935 forthH3318. And they smote them with the edge of the swordH2719; and the guard and the captains castH7993 them out, and wentH3318 to the cityH5892 of the houseH1004 of BaalH1168. 26And they broughtH3318 forthH3318 the pillarsH4676 that were in the houseH1004 of BaalH1168, and burnedH8313 them. 27And they brake down the pillarH4676 of BaalH1168, and brake down the houseH1004 of BaalH1168, and madeH7760 it a draught-house, unto this dayH3117. 28Thus JehuH3058 destroyedH8045 BaalH1168 out of IsraelH3478.

29Howbeit from the sinsH2398 of JeroboamH3379 the sonH1121 of NebatH5028, wherewith he made IsraelH3478 to sinH2398, JehuH3058 departedH5493 not from after them, to wit, the golden calvesH5695 that were in Beth-el, and that were in DanH1835. 30And Jehovah saidH559 unto JehuH3058, Because thou hast done wellH2895 in executing that which is rightH3477 in mine eyesH5869, and hast done unto the houseH1004 of AhabH256 according to all that was in my heartH3824, thy sonsH1121 of the fourthH7243 generation shall sitH3427 on the throneH3678 of IsraelH3478. 31But JehuH3058 took no heedH8104 to walk in the lawH8451 of Jehovah, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, with all his heartH3824: he departedH5493 not from the sinsH2398 of JeroboamH3379, wherewith he made IsraelH3478 to sinH2398.

32In those daysH3117 Jehovah beganH2490 to cut off from IsraelH3478: and HazaelH2371 smote them in all the bordersH1366 of IsraelH3478; 33from the JordanH3383 eastward, all the landH776 of GileadH1568, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from AroerH6177, which is by the valley of the ArnonH769, even GileadH1568 and BashanH1316. 34Now the restH3499 of the acts of JehuH3058, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not writtenH3789 in the bookH5612 of the chronicles of the kingsH4428 of IsraelH3478? 35And JehuH3058 slept with his fathersH1; and they buriedH6912 him in SamariaH8111. And JehoahazH3059 his sonH1121 reignedH4427 in his stead. 36And the time that JehuH3058 reignedH4427 over IsraelH3478 in SamariaH8111 was twentyH6242 and eightH8083 yearsH8141.