The Koine Bible

And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria, and Jehu wrote a letter and sent it in Samaria to the rulers of Samaria and to the elders and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying,

And now, when this letter comes to you, since you have with you the sons of your lord, and with you the chariot and the horses and fortified cities and the weapons,

and you shall see the good and the upright among the sons of your lord, and you shall set him on the throne of his father, and fight for the house of your lord

And they feared greatly and said, Behold, the two kings did not stand before him, and how shall we stand?

And those over the house and those over the city and the elders and the guardians sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants, and whatever you say to us we will do; we will not make a man king; what is good in your eyes we will do.

And he wrote to them a second letter, saying, If you are for me and you listen to my voice, take the heads of the men, the sons of your lord, and bring them to me at this time tomorrow in Jezreel. And the sons of the king were seventy men; these great men of the city were bringing them up.

And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the sons of the king and slaughtered them, seventy men, and put their heads in baskets and sent them to him to Jezreel

And the messenger came and reported, saying, They have brought the heads of the sons of the king. And he said, Put them in two heaps by the door of the gate until morning.

And it happened in the morning, and he went out and stood in the gate of the city and said to all the people, You are righteous; behold, I, I conspired against my lord and killed him; and who struck all these?

See then that not one word of the Lord will fall to the ground from the word of the Lord which the Lord spoke against the house of Ahab, and the Lord has done all that he spoke by the hand of his servant Elijah.

And Jehu struck all who were left in the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his nobles and his acquaintances and his priests, so as not to leave him a remnant.

And he arose and went to Samaria, he himself, at Beth-eked of the shepherds, on the road.

And Jehu found the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and he said, Who are you? And the brothers of Ahaziah said, We are, and we have come down for the welfare of the sons of the king and of the sons of the queen mother.

And he said, Seize them alive. And they seized them alive, and they slaughtered them at Bethacad, forty-two men; he left not a man of them alive.

And he went from there and found Jonadab son of Rechab on the way to meet him, and he blessed him and said to him, Jehu, Is your heart upright with my heart, as my heart is with your heart? And Jonadab said, It is. And Jehu said, If it is, give me your hand. And he gave his hand, and he brought him up to himself onto the chariot.

And he said to him, Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord Sabaoth. And he made him sit in his chariot.

And he entered into Samaria and struck all the survivors of Ahab in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke to Elijah.

And Jehu gathered all the people together and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much more.

And now, all the prophets of Baal, all his servants and his priests, call to me; let not a man be lacking, because a great sacrifice is for me to Baal; whoever is lacking shall not live. And Jehu did it with guile, in order to destroy the servants of Baal.

And Jehu said, Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.

And Jehu sent throughout all Israel, saying, And now, all the servants of Baal, and all his priests, and all his prophets, let no one be left behind, for I am making a great sacrifice; whoever is left behind shall not live. And all the servants of Baal and all his priests and all his prophets came; not a man was left who did not come. And they entered into the house of Baal, and the house of Baal was filled from mouth to mouth.

And Jehu said to the one over the house, “Bring out garments for all the servants of Baal,” and the one who was in charge of the vestments brought them out to them.

And Jehu and Jonadab son of Rechab entered into the house of Baal, and he said to the servants of Baal, Search and look whether there are with you any of the servants of the Lord, but only the servants of Baal alone.

And he went in to make the sacrifices and the burnt offerings, and Jehu stationed for himself outside eighty men, and said, The man who, if he should escape from the men whom I am bringing into your hands, his soul shall be for his soul.

And it came to pass, when he had finished making the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the runners and to the third men, Enter, strike them; let no man go out from them. And they struck them with the edge of the sword, and the runners and the third men threw them down, and they went as far as the city of the house of Baal.

And they brought out the pillar of Baal and burned it.

And they tore down the pillars of Baal and pulled down the house of Baal and made it into latrines, unto this day

And Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

Only, from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, Jehu did not turn aside from after them, the golden calves in Bethhel and in Dan

And the Lord said to Jehu, Because of what you have done well to do the right in my eyes, and all that was in my heart you have done to the house of Ahab, sons of the fourth generation shall sit for you on the throne of Israel.

And Jehu did not keep to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart; he did not turn away from above the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who made Israel sin.

In those days the Lord began to cut off in Israel, and Hazael struck them in all the border of Israel.

from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead of the Gadite and of Reuben and of Manasseh, from Aroer, which is by the edge of the wadi Arnon, and Gilead and Bashan

And the rest of the words of Jehu and all that he did and all his might, and the alliances which he formed, are not these written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

And Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria; and Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.

And the days that Jehu reigned over Israel were twenty-eight years in Samaria.