2 Kings 10:17-35

¹⁷And he cometh in to Samaria, and smiteth all those left to Ahab in Samaria, till his destroying him, according to the word of Jehovah that He spake unto Elisha.

¹⁸And Jehu gathereth the whole of the people, and saith unto them, 'Ahab served Baal a little — Jehu doth serve him much:

¹⁹and now, all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests, call ye unto me; let not a man be lacking, for a great sacrifice I have for Baal; every one who is lacking — he doth not live;' and Jehu hath done it in subtilty, in order to destroy the servants of Baal.

²⁰And Jehu saith, 'Sanctify a restraint for Baal;' and they proclaim it.

²¹And Jehu sendeth into all Israel, and all the servants of Baal come in, and there hath not been left a man who hath not come in; and they come in to the house of Baal, and the house of Baal is full — mouth to mouth.

²²And he saith to him who is over the wardrobe, 'Bring out clothing to all servants of Baal;' and he bringeth out to them the clothing.

²³And Jehu goeth in, and Jehonadab son of Rechab, to the house of Baal, and saith to the servants of Baal, 'Search and see, lest there be here with you of the servants of Jehovah — but, the servants of Baal by themselves.'

²⁴And they come in to make sacrifices and burnt-offerings, and Jehu hath set for himself in an out-place eighty men, and saith, 'The man who letteth escape any of the men whom I am bringing in unto your hand — his soul for his soul.'

²⁵And it cometh to pass at his finishing to make the burnt-offering, that Jehu saith to the runners, and to the captains, 'Go in, smite them, let none come out;' and they smite them by the mouth of the sword, and the runners and the captains cast them out; and they go unto the city, to the house of Baal,

²⁶and bring out the standing-pillars of the house of Baal, and burn them,

²⁷and break down the standing-pillar of Baal, and break down the house of Baal, and appoint it for a draught-house unto this day.

²⁸And Jehu destroyeth Baal out of Israel,

²⁹only — the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, that he caused Israel to sin, Jehu hath not turned aside from after them — the calves of gold that are at Beth-El, and in Dan.

³⁰And Jehovah saith unto Jehu, 'Because that thou hast done well, to do that which is right in Mine eyes — according to all that is in My heart thou hast done to the house of Ahab — the sons of the fourth generation do sit for thee on the throne of Israel.'

³¹And Jehu hath not taken heed to walk in the law of Jehovah, God of Israel, with all his heart, he hath not turned aside from the sins of Jeroboam, that he caused Israel to sin.

³²In those days hath Jehovah begun to cut off some in Israel, and Hazael smiteth them in all the border of Israel,

³³from the Jordan, at the sun-rising, the whole land of Gilead, of the Gadite, and the Reubenite, and the Manassahite (from Aroer, that is by the brook Arnon), even Gilead and Bashan.

³⁴And the rest of the matters of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Israel?

³⁵And Jehu lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in Samaria, and reign doth Jehoahaz his son in his stead.