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II Kings
Chapter 10
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 those who brought up Ahab's children, saying, 2
Now
as soon as this letter comes to you,
seeing
your master's sons are with you,
and
there are with you chariots and horses,
a
fenced city also, and armor; 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 your servants,
and
will do all that you shall bid us;
we
will not make any king.
Do
you that which is good in your eyes.
6
Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying,
If
you be mine, and if you will hearken unto my voice,
take
you the heads of the men . . . your master's sons,
and
come to me to Jezreel by tomorrow this time.
Now
the king's sons, being seventy persons,
were
with the great men of the city,
who
brought them up.
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 you 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,
you
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 Jehovah/God,
which
Jehovah/God spoke concerning the house of Ahab . . .
for
Jehovah/God has done
that
which He spoke 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 kinfolks,
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 you all?
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 {Jehu} was departed there,
he
met Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him.
And
he saluted him, and said to him,
"Is
your 'right lobe/heart
{where you keep your norms and standards}
right,
with my 'right lobe'/heart?
And
Jehonadab answered, "It is."
"If
it is, give me your hand."
And
he gave him his hand;
and
he took him up to him into the chariot.
{Note:
Jehu needed help to rid the people of the Phallic Cult. The
Rechabites were famous fighters. Having good norms and standards in
the soul, means to be 'right with God'. So they both despised the
evil of the Phallic Cult.}
16~~And
he said, "Come with me,
and
see my zeal for Jehovah/God.
So
they made him ride in his chariot.
17~~And
when he came to Samaria
{capital of the Northern Kingdom},
he
killed all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria,
till
he had destroyed him,
according
to the saying of Jehovah/God,
which
He spoke 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."
{Note:
this is a trick to get all the Baal worshipers to declare themselves
so they could be slaughtered}
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 subtlety,
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 he who 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 Jehovah/God,
but
the worshippers of Baal only.
24
And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings,
Jehu
appointed fourscore (80) men outside, and said,
"If
any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape,
he
that lets him go, his life shall be {forfeited}
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
broke 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 Jehovah/God said unto Jehu,
Because
you have done well in executing
that
which is right in My eyes,
and
have done unto the house of Ahab
according
to all that was in My heart,
your
children . . . of the fourth generation
shall
sit on the throne of Israel.
31
But Jehu took no heed
to
Walk in the law of Jehovah/God
'Elohiym/Godhead
of Israel
with
all his 'right lobe'/heart
for
he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam,
which
made Israel to sin.
32
In those days Jehovah/God 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 place/stead.
36
And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria
was
twenty and eight years.
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