1
And
Ahab
had
seventy
sons
in
Samaria.
And
Jehu
wrote
letters,
and
sent
to
Samaria,
unto
the
rulers
of
Jezreel,
to
the
elders,
and
to
them
that
brought
up
Ahab’s
[children],
saying,
2
Now
as
soon
as
this
letter
cometh
to
you,
seeing
your
master’s
sons
[are]
with
you,
and
[there
are]
with
you
chariots
and
horses,
a
fenced
city
also,
and
armour;
3
Look
even
out
the
best
and
meetest
of
your
master’s
sons,
and
set
[him]
on
his
father’s
throne,
and
fight
for
your
master’s
house.
4
But
they
were
exceedingly
afraid,
and
said,
Behold,
two
kings
stood
not
before
him:
how
then
shall
we
stand?
5
And
he
that
[was]
over
the
house,
and
he
that
[was]
over
the
city,
the
elders
also,
and
the
bringers
up
[of
the
children],
sent
to
Jehu,
saying,
We
[are]
thy
servants,
and
will
do
all
that
thou
shalt
bid
us;
we
will
not
make
any
king:
do
thou
[that
which
is]
good
in
thine
eyes.
6
Then
he
wrote
a
letter
the
second
time
to
them,
saying,
If
ye
[be]
mine,
and
[if]
ye
will
hearken
unto
my
voice,
take
ye
the
heads
of
the
men
your
master’s
sons,
and
come
to
me
to
Jezreel
by
to
morrow
this
time.
Now
the
king’s
sons,
[being]
seventy
persons,
[were]
with
the
great
men
of
the
city,
which
brought
them
7
And
it
came
to
pass,
when
the
letter
came
to
them,
that
they
took
the
king’s
sons,
and
slew
seventy
persons,
and
put
their
heads
in
baskets,
and
sent
him
[them]
to
Jezreel.
8
And
there
came
a
messenger,
and
told
him,
saying,
They
have
brought
the
heads
of
the
king’s
sons.
And
he
said,
Lay
ye
them
in
two
heaps
at
the
entering
in
of
the
gate
until
the
morning.
9
And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
morning,
that
he
went
out,
and
stood,
and
said
to
all
the
people,
Ye
[be]
righteous:
behold,
I
conspired
against
my
master,
and
slew
him:
but
who
slew
all
these?
10
Know
now
that
there
shall
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.