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And Jehu wrote and sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>Jezreel, to the elders, and to <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>those who reared Ahab’s <i>sons,</i> saying:</span></p> <div class="left-1 top-1"><p class="first-line-none"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Now as soon as this letter comes to you, since your master’s sons <i>are</i> with you, and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and weapons, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>choose the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>best qualified of your master’s sons, set <i>him</i> on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.</span></p></div> <p class="top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, “Look, two kings could not <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>stand up to him; how then can we stand?” </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And he who <i>was</i> in charge of the house, and he who <i>was</i> in charge of the city, the elders also, and those who reared <i>the sons,</i> sent to Jehu, saying, “We <i>are</i> your servants, we will do all you tell us; but we will not make anyone king. Do <i>what is</i> good in your sight.” </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then he wrote a second letter to them, saying:</span></p><div class="left-1 top-1"><p class="first-line-none"><span class="text 2Kgs-10-6">If you <i>are</i> for me and will obey my voice, take the heads of the men, your master’s sons, and come to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.</span></p></div><p class="top-1"><span class="text 2Kgs-10-6">Now the king’s sons, seventy persons, <i>were</i> with the great men of the city, <i>who</i> were rearing them. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So it was, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons and slaughtered seventy persons, put their heads in baskets and sent <i>them</i> to him at Jezreel.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then a messenger came and told him, saying, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.”</span></p><p><span class="text 2Kgs-10-8">And he said, “Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So it was, in the morning, that he went out and stood, and said to all the people, “You <i>are</i> righteous. Indeed I conspired against my master and killed him; but who killed all these? </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Know now that nothing shall fall to the earth of the word of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> which the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> spoke concerning the house of Ahab; for the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> has done what He spoke by His servant Elijah.” </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men and his close acquaintances and his priests, until he left him none remaining.</span></p> <h3> Ahaziah’s Forty-two Brothers Killed</span></h3><p><span class="text 2Kgs-10-12"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And he arose and departed and went to Samaria. On the way, at <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>Beth Eked of the Shepherds, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, “Who <i>are</i> you?”</span></p><p><span class="text 2Kgs-10-13">So they answered, “We <i>are</i> the brothers of Ahaziah; we have come down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the queen mother.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And he said, “Take them alive!” So they took them alive, and killed them at the well of <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>Beth Eked, forty-two men; and he left none of them.</span></p> <h3> The Rest of Ahab’s Family Killed</span></h3><p><span class="text 2Kgs-10-15"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Now when he departed from there, he <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>met Jehonadab the son of Rechab, <i>coming</i> to meet him; and he greeted him and said to him, “Is your heart right, as my heart <i>is</i> toward your heart?”</span></p><p><span class="text 2Kgs-10-15">And Jehonadab answered, “It is.”</span></p><p><span class="text 2Kgs-10-15"><i>Jehu said,</i> “If it is, give <i>me</i> your hand.” So he gave <i>him</i> his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then he said, “Come with me, and see my zeal for the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>.” So they had him ride in his chariot. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And when he came to Samaria, he killed all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed them, according to the word of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> which He spoke to Elijah.</span></p> <h3> Worshipers of Baal Killed</span></h3><p><span class="text 2Kgs-10-18"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little, Jehu will serve him much. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Now therefore, call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. Let no one be missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing shall not live.” But Jehu acted deceptively, with the intent of destroying the worshipers of Baal. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And Jehu said, <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>“Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they proclaimed <i>it.</i> </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then Jehu sent throughout all Israel; and all the worshipers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who did not come. So they came into the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[i]</a></span>temple of Baal, and the temple of Baal was full from one end to the other. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And he said to the one in charge of the wardrobe, “Bring out vestments for all the worshipers of Baal.” So he brought out vestments for them. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then Jehu and Jehonadab the son of Rechab went into the temple of Baal, and said to the worshipers of Baal, “Search and see that no servants of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> are here with you, but only the worshipers of Baal.” </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>So they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had appointed for himself eighty men on the outside, and had said, “<i>If</i> any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escapes, <i>whoever lets him escape, it shall be</i> his life for the life of the other.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Now it happened, 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 <i>and</i> kill them; let no one come out!” And they killed them with the edge of the sword; then the guards and the officers threw <i>them</i> out, and went into the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[j]</a></span>inner room of the temple of Baal. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And they brought the <i>sacred</i> pillars out of the temple of Baal and burned them. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then they broke down the <i>sacred</i> pillar of Baal, and tore down the <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[k]</a></span>temple of Baal and made it a refuse dump to this day. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Thus Jehu destroyed Baal from Israel.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>However Jehu did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who had made Israel sin, <i>that is,</i> from the golden calves that <i>were</i> at Bethel and Dan. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in doing <i>what is</i> right in My sight, <i>and</i> have done to the house of Ahab all that <i>was</i> in My heart, your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth <i>generation.</i>” </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>But Jehu <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[l]</a></span>took no heed to walk in the law of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> God of Israel with all his heart; for he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, who had made Israel sin.</span></p> <h3> Death of Jehu</span></h3><p><span class="text 2Kgs-10-32"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>In those days the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> began to cut off <i>parts</i> of Israel; and Hazael conquered them in all the territory of Israel </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>from the Jordan eastward: all the land of Gilead—Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh—from Aroer, which <i>is</i> by the River Arnon, including Gilead and Bashan.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, all that he did, and all his might, <i>are</i> they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>So Jehu <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[m]</a></span>rested with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. Then Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place. </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/10-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>And the period that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria <i>was</i> twenty-eight years.</span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-9795a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Kings 10:1">2 Kings 10:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'>So with MT, Syr., Tg.; LXX <i>Samaria;</i> Vg. <i>city</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9795b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Kings 10:1">2 Kings 10:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>the guardians of</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9797c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Kings 10:3">2 Kings 10:3</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>most upright</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9798d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Kings 10:4">2 Kings 10:4</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>stand before</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9806e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Kings 10:12">2 Kings 10:12</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>The Shearing House</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9808f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Kings 10:14">2 Kings 10:14</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>The Shearing House</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9809g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Kings 10:15">2 Kings 10:15</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>found</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9814h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Kings 10:20">2 Kings 10:20</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Consecrate</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9815i"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Kings 10:21">2 Kings 10:21</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>house</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9819j"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Kings 10:25">2 Kings 10:25</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>city</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9821k"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Kings 10:27">2 Kings 10:27</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>house</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9825l"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Kings 10:31">2 Kings 10:31</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>was not careful</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-9829m"><span class="fnref" title="Go to 2 Kings 10:35">2 Kings 10:35</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Died and joined his ancestors</span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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