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Judgment
upon Ahab's House |
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| 2 Kings 10:1 |
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Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu
wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, the elders,
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| 2 Kings 10:2 |
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"Now, when this letter comes to you, since your
master's sons are with you, as well as the chariots and horses and a fortified
city and the weapons, |
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| 2 Kings 10:3 |
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select the best and fittest of your master's
sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house." |
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| 2 Kings 10:4 |
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But they feared greatly and said, "Behold, the
two kings did not stand before him; how then can we stand?" |
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| 2 Kings 10:5 |
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And the one who was over the household, and
he who was over the city, the elders, and the guardians of the children, sent
word to Jehu, saying, "We are your servants, all that you say to us we will do,
we will not make any man king; do what is good in your sight." |
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| 2 Kings 10:6 |
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Then he wrote a letter to them a second time
saying, "If you are on my side, and you will listen to my voice, take the heads
of the men, your master's sons, and come to me at Jezreel tomorrow about this
time." Now the king's sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city,
who were rearing them. |
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| 2 Kings 10:7 |
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When the letter came to them, they took the
king's sons and slaughtered them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets,
and sent them to him at Jezreel. |
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| 2 Kings 10:8 |
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When the messenger came and told him, saying,
"They have brought the heads of the king's sons," he said, "Put them in two heaps
at the entrance of the gate until morning." |
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| 2 Kings 10:9 |
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Now in the morning he went out and stood and
said to all the people, "You are innocent; behold, I conspired against my master
and killed him, but who killed all these? |
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| 2 Kings 10:10 |
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Know then that there shall fall to the earth
nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spoke concerning the house of
Ahab, for the LORD has done what He spoke through His servant Elijah." |
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| 2 Kings 10:11 |
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So Jehu killed all who remained of the house
of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men and his acquaintances and his priests,
until he left him without a survivor. |
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| 2 Kings 10:12 |
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Then he arose and departed and went to Samaria.
On the way while he was at Beth-eked of the shepherds, |
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| 2 Kings 10:13 |
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Jehu met the relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah
and said, "Who are you?" And they answered, "We are the relatives of Ahaziah;
and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the queen
mother." |
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| 2 Kings 10:14 |
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He said, "Take them alive." So they took them
alive and killed them at the pit of Beth-eked, forty-two men; and he left none
of them. |
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| 2 Kings 10:15 |
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Now when he had departed from there, he met
Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he greeted him and said to
him, "Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?" And Jehonadab answered,
"It is." Jehu said, "If it is, give me your hand." And he gave him his hand, and
he took him up to him into the chariot. |
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| 2 Kings 10:16 |
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He said, "Come with me and see my zeal for the
LORD." So he made him ride in his chariot. |
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| 2 Kings 10:17 |
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When he came to Samaria, he killed all who remained
to Ahab in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of the LORD
which He spoke to Elijah. |
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Jehu
Destroys Baal Worshipers |
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| 2 Kings 10:18 |
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Then Jehu gathered all the people and said
to them, "Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much. |
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| 2 Kings 10:19 |
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Now, summon all the prophets of Baal, all his
worshipers 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 did it in cunning, so that
he might destroy the worshipers of Baal. |
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| 2 Kings 10:20 |
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And Jehu said, "Sanctify a solemn assembly for
Baal." And they proclaimed it. |
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| 2 Kings 10:21 |
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Then Jehu sent throughout Israel and all the
worshipers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who did not come. And
when they went into the house of Baal, the house of Baal was filled from one end
to the other. |
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He said to the one who was in charge of the
wardrobe, "Bring out garments for all the worshipers of Baal." So he brought out
garments for them. |
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| 2 Kings 10:23 |
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Jehu went into the house of Baal with Jehonadab
the son of Rechab; and he said to the worshipers of Baal, "Search and see that
there is here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but only the worshipers
of Baal." |
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| 2 Kings 10:24 |
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Then they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt
offerings. Now Jehu had stationed for himself eighty men outside, and he had said,
"The one who permits any of the men whom I bring into your hands to escape shall
give up his life in exchange." |
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| 2 Kings 10:25 |
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Then it came about, as soon as he had finished
offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the royal officers,
"Go in, kill them; let none come out." And they killed them with the edge of the
sword; and the guard and the royal officers threw them out, and went to the inner
room of the house of Baal. |
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| 2 Kings 10:26 |
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They brought out the sacred pillars of the house
of Baal and burned them. |
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| 2 Kings 10:27 |
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They also broke down the sacred pillar of Baal
and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day. |
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| 2 Kings 10:28 |
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Thus Jehu eradicated Baal out of Israel. |
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| 2 Kings 10:29 |
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However, as for the sins of Jeroboam the son
of Nebat, which he made Israel sin, from these Jehu did not depart, even the golden
calves that were at Bethel and that were at Dan. |
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| 2 Kings 10:30 |
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The LORD said to Jehu, "Because you have done
well in executing what is right in My eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab
according to all that was in My heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall
sit on the throne of Israel." |
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| 2 Kings 10:31 |
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But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law
of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart; he did not depart from the
sins of Jeroboam, which he made Israel sin. |
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| 2 Kings 10:32 |
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In those days the LORD began to cut off portions
from Israel; and Hazael defeated them throughout the territory of Israel: |
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| 2 Kings 10:33 |
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from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead,
the Gadites and the Reubenites and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the
valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. |
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Jehoahaz
Succeeds Jehu |
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| 2 Kings 10:34 |
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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? |
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| 2 Kings 10:35 |
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And Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried
him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son became king in his place. |
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| 2 Kings 10:36 |
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Now the time which Jehu reigned over Israel
in Samaria was twenty-eight years. |
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