<vn='1'>And <sn="256">Ahab</s> had <sn="7657">seventy</s><sn="1121">sons</s> in <sn="8111">Samaria</s>. And <sn="3058">Jehu</s><sn="3789">wrote</s><sn="5612">letters</s>, and <sn="7971">sent</s> to <sn="8111">Samaria</s>, <sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="8269">rulers</s> of <sn="3157">Jezreel</s>, to the <sn="2205">elders</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> them that brought <sn="539">up</s><sn="256">Ahab</s> 's children, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="6258">Now</s> as soon as <sn="2088">this</s><sn="5612">letter</s><sn="935">cometh</s><sn="413">to</s> you, seeing your <sn="113">master</s> 's <sn="1121">sons</s> are <sn="854">with</s> you, and there are <sn="854">with</s> you <sn="7393">chariots</s> and <sn="5483">horses</s>, a <sn="4013">fenced</s><sn="5892">city</s> also, and <sn="5402">armor</s>; </v>
<vn='3'>Look even <sn="7200">out</s> the <sn="2896">best</s> and <sn="3477">meetest</s> of your master's <sn="4480 1121 113">sons</s>, and <sn="7760">set</s> him <sn="5921">on</s> his <sn="1">father</s> 's <sn="3678">throne</s>, and <sn="3898">fight</s><sn="5921">for</s> your <sn="113">master</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>But they were <sn="3966 3966">exceedingly</s><sn="3372">afraid</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="8147">two</s><sn="4428">kings</s><sn="5975">stood</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="6440">before</s> him: <sn="349">how</s> then shall <sn="587">we</s><sn="5975">stand</s>? </v>
<vn='5'>And he <sn="834">that</s> was <sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="1004">house</s>, and he <sn="834">that</s> was <sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="5892">city</s>, the <sn="2205">elders</s> also, and the bringers <sn="539">up</s> of the children, <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3058">Jehu</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="587">We</s> are thy <sn="5650">servants</s>, and will <sn="6213">do</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> thou shalt <sn="559 413">bid</s> us; we will <sn="3808">not</s> make any <sn="4427 376">king</s>: <sn="6213">do</s> thou that which is <sn="2896">good</s> in thine <sn="5869">eyes</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>Then he <sn="3789">wrote</s> a <sn="5612">letter</s> the second <sn="8145">time</s><sn="413">to</s> them, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="518">If</s><sn="859">ye</s> be mine, and if <sn="859">ye</s> will <sn="8085">hearken</s> unto my <sn="6963">voice</s>, <sn="3947">take</s> ye <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="7218">heads</s> of the <sn="376">men</s> your <sn="113">master</s> 's <sn="1121">sons</s>, and <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">to</s> me to <sn="3157">Jezreel</s> by <sn="4279">tomorrow</s> this <sn="6256">time</s>. Now the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1121">sons</s>, being <sn="7657">seventy</s><sn="376">persons</s>, were <sn="854">with</s> the great <sn="1419">men</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>, which brought them <sn="1431 *853">up</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when the <sn="5612">letter</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> them, that they <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1121">sons</s>, and <sn="7819">slew</s><sn="7657">seventy</s><sn="376">persons</s>, and <sn="7760">put</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="7218">heads</s> in <sn="1731">baskets</s>, and <sn="7971 413">sent</s> him them to <sn="3157">Jezreel</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And there <sn="935">came</s> a <sn="4397">messenger</s>, and <sn="5046">told</s> him, <sn="559">saying</s>, They have <sn="935">brought</s> the <sn="7218">heads</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1121">sons</s>. And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="7760">Lay</s> ye them in <sn="8147">two</s><sn="6652">heaps</s> at the entering <sn="6607">in</s> of the <sn="8179">gate</s><sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="1242">morning</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> in the <sn="1242">morning</s>, that he went <sn="3318">out</s>, and <sn="5975">stood</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="859">Ye</s> be <sn="6662">righteous</s>: <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="589">I</s><sn="7194">conspired</s><sn="5921">against</s> my <sn="113">master</s>, and <sn="2026">slew</s> him: but <sn="4310">who</s><sn="5221">slew</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s>? </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3045">Know</s><sn="645">now</s><sn="3588">that</s> there shall <sn="5307">fall</s> unto the <sn="776">earth</s><sn="3808">nothing</s> of the <sn="4480 1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="5921">concerning</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="256">Ahab</s>: for the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="6213">done</s><sn="*853"></s> that <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="3027">by</s> his <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="452">Elijah</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>So <sn="3058">Jehu</s><sn="5221">slew</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> that <sn="7604">remained</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="256">Ahab</s> in <sn="3157">Jezreel</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> his great <sn="1419">men</s>, and his <sn="3045">kinsfolk</s>, and his <sn="3548">priests</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> he <sn="7604">left</s> him <sn="1115">none</s><sn="8300">remaining</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And he <sn="6965">arose</s> and <sn="935">departed</s>, and <sn="1980">came</s> to <sn="8111">Samaria</s>. And as <sn="1931">he</s> was at the shearing <sn="1044">house</s> in the <sn="1870">way</s>, </v>
<vn='13'><sn="3058">Jehu</s><sn="4672">met</s> with <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="251">brethren</s> of <sn="274">Ahaziah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4310">Who</s> are <sn="859">ye</s>? And they <sn="559">answered</s>, <sn="587">We</s> are the <sn="251">brethren</s> of <sn="274">Ahaziah</s>; and we go <sn="3381">down</s> to <sn="7965">salute</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> and the <sn="1121">children</s> of the <sn="1377">queen</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="8610">Take</s> them <sn="2416">alive</s>. And they <sn="8610">took</s> them <sn="2416">alive</s>, and <sn="7819">slew</s> them <sn="413">at</s> the <sn="953">pit</s> of the shearing <sn="1044">house</s>, even <sn="8147">two</s> and <sn="705">forty</s><sn="376">men</s>; <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="7604">left</s> he <sn="376">any</s><sn="4480">of</s> them. </v>
<vn='15'>And when he was <sn="1980">departed</s><sn="4480 8033">thence</s>, he lighted <sn="4672">on</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3082">Jehonadab</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="7394">Rechab</s> coming to <sn="7122">meet</s> him: and he <sn="1288">saluted</s> him, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s> him, <sn="3426">Is</s><sn="*853"></s> thine <sn="3824">heart</s><sn="3477">right</s>, <sn="834">as</s> my <sn="3824">heart</s> is <sn="5973">with</s> thy <sn="3824">heart</s>? And <sn="3082">Jehonadab</s><sn="559">answered</s>, It <sn="3426">is</s>. If it <sn="3426">be</s>, <sn="5414">give</s> me <sn="*853"></s> thine <sn="3027">hand</s>. And he <sn="5414">gave</s> him his <sn="3027">hand</s>; and he took him <sn="5927">up</s><sn="413">to</s> him <sn="413">into</s> the <sn="4818">chariot</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="1980">Come</s><sn="854">with</s> me, and <sn="7200">see</s> my <sn="7068">zeal</s> for the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. So they made him <sn="7392">ride</s> in his <sn="7393">chariot</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And when he <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="8111">Samaria</s>, he <sn="5221">slew</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> that <sn="7604">remained</s> unto <sn="256">Ahab</s> in <sn="8111">Samaria</s>, <sn="5704">till</s> he had <sn="8045">destroyed</s> him, according to the <sn="1697">saying</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="452">Elijah</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And <sn="3058">Jehu</s><sn="6908">gathered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> together, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="5647">served</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1168">Baal</s> a <sn="4592">little</s>; but <sn="3058">Jehu</s> shall <sn="5647">serve</s> him <sn="7235">much</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="7121">call</s><sn="413">unto</s> me <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="5647">servants</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="3548">priests</s>; let <sn="376 408">none</s> be <sn="6485">wanting</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> I have a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="2077">sacrifice</s> to do to <sn="1168">Baal</s>; <sn="3605 834">whosoever</s> shall be <sn="6485">wanting</s>, he shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2421">live</s>. But <sn="3058">Jehu</s><sn="6213">did</s> it in <sn="6122">subtlety</s>, to the <sn="4616">intent</s> that he might <sn="6">destroy</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5647">worshipers</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And <sn="3058">Jehu</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="6942">Proclaim</s> a solemn <sn="6116">assembly</s> for <sn="1168">Baal</s>. And they <sn="7121">proclaimed</s> it. </v>
<vn='21'>And <sn="3058">Jehu</s><sn="7971">sent</s> through <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>: and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5647">worshipers</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s><sn="935">came</s>, so that there was <sn="3808">not</s> a <sn="376">man</s><sn="7604">left</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="3808">not</s>. And they <sn="935">came</s> into the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s>; and the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s> was <sn="4390">full</s> from one <sn="6310">end</s> to <sn="6310">another</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And he <sn="559">said</s> unto him <sn="834">that</s> was <sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="4458">vestry</s>, Bring <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="3830">vestments</s> for <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5647">worshipers</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s>. And he brought them <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="4403">vestments</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And <sn="3058">Jehu</s><sn="935">went</s>, and <sn="3082">Jehonadab</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="7394">Rechab</s>, into the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto the <sn="5647">worshipers</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s>, <sn="2664">Search</s>, and <sn="7200">look</s><sn="6435">that</s> there <sn="3426">be</s><sn="6311">here</s><sn="5973">with</s> you none of the <sn="4480 5650">servants</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="3588 518">but</s> the <sn="5647">worshipers</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s><sn="905">only</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And when they went <sn="935">in</s> to <sn="6213">offer</s><sn="2077">sacrifices</s> and burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s>, <sn="3058">Jehu</s><sn="7760">appointed</s><sn="8084">fourscore</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="2351">without</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, If <sn="376">any</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="376">men</s><sn="834">whom</s><sn="589">I</s> have <sn="935">brought</s><sn="5921">into</s> your <sn="3027">hands</s><sn="4422">escape</s>, he that letteth him go, his <sn="5315">life</s> shall be <sn="8478">for</s> the <sn="5315">life</s> of him. </v>
<vn='25'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, as soon as he had made an <sn="3615">end</s> of <sn="6213">offering</s> the burnt <sn="5930">offering</s>, that <sn="3058">Jehu</s><sn="559">said</s> to the <sn="7323">guard</s> and to the <sn="7991">captains</s>, Go <sn="935">in</s>, and <sn="5221">slay</s> them; let <sn="376 408">none</s> come <sn="3318">forth</s>. And they <sn="5221">smote</s> them with the <sn="6310">edge</s> of the <sn="2719">sword</s>; and the <sn="7323">guard</s> and the <sn="7991">captains</s> cast them <sn="7993">out</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s><sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And they brought <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4676">images</s> out of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s>, and <sn="8313">burned</s> them. </v>
<vn='27'>And they broke <sn="5422">down</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4676">image</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s>, and broke <sn="5422">down</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="1168">Baal</s>, and <sn="7760">made</s> it a draught <sn="4163">house</s><sn="5704">unto</s> this <sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>Thus <sn="3058">Jehu</s><sn="8045">destroyed</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="1168">Baal</s> out of <sn="4480 3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="7535">Howbeit</s> from the <sn="2399">sins</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5028">Nebat</s>, <sn="834">who</s> made <sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> to <sn="2398">sin</s>, <sn="3058">Jehu</s><sn="5493">departed</s><sn="3808">not</s> from <sn="4480 310">after</s> them, to wit, the <sn="2091">golden</s><sn="5695">calves</s><sn="834">that</s> were in <sn="1008">Bethel</s>, and <sn="834">that</s> were in <sn="1835">Dan</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3058">Jehu</s>, <sn="3282 834">Because</s> thou hast done <sn="2895">well</s> in <sn="6213">executing</s> that which is <sn="3477">right</s> in mine <sn="5869">eyes</s>, and hast <sn="6213">done</s> unto the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="256">Ahab</s> according to <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> was in mine <sn="3824">heart</s>, thy <sn="1121">children</s> of the <sn="7243">fourth</s> generation shall <sn="3427">sit</s><sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="3678">throne</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>But <sn="3058">Jehu</s> took no <sn="8104 3808">heed</s> to <sn="1980">walk</s> in the <sn="8451">law</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> with <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="3824">heart</s>: for he <sn="5493">departed</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> the <sn="2403">sins</s> of <sn="3379">Jeroboam</s>, <sn="834">which</s> made <sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> to <sn="2398">sin</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>In <sn="1992">those</s><sn="3117">days</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2490">began</s> to cut Israel <sn="7096 3478">short</s>: and <sn="2371">Hazael</s><sn="5221">smote</s> them in <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1366">coasts</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; </v>
<vn='33'><sn="4480">From</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s><sn="4217 8121">eastward</s>, <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="1568">Gilead</s>, the <sn="1425">Gadites</s>, and the <sn="7206">Reubenites</s>, and the <sn="4520">Manassites</s>, from <sn="4480 6177">Aroer</s>, <sn="834">which</s> is <sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="5158">river</s><sn="769">Arnon</s>, even <sn="1568">Gilead</s> and <sn="1316">Bashan</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>Now the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="3058">Jehu</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> he <sn="6213">did</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="1369">might</s>, are <sn="1992">they</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="1697 3117">chronicles</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>? </v>
<vn='35'>And <sn="3058">Jehu</s><sn="7901">slept</s><sn="5973">with</s> his <sn="1">fathers</s>: and they <sn="6912">buried</s> him in <sn="8111">Samaria</s>. And <sn="3059">Jehoahaz</s> his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>
<vn='36'>And the <sn="3117">time</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="3058">Jehu</s><sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s> in <sn="8111">Samaria</s> was <sn="6242">twenty</s> and <sn="8083">eight</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>