1Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So…
2“When this letter arrives, since your master’s sons…
3select the best and most worthy son of…
4But they were terrified and reasoned, “If two…
5So the palace administrator, the overseer of the…
6Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and…
7And when the letter arrived, they took the…
8When the messenger arrived, he told Jehu, “They…
9The next morning, Jehu went out and stood…
10Know, then, that not a word the LORD…
11So Jehu killed everyone in Jezreel who remained…
12Then Jehu set out toward Samaria. At Beth-eked…
13Jehu met some relatives of Ahaziah king of…
14Then Jehu ordered, “Take them alive.” So his…
15When he left there, he found Jehonadab son…
16saying, “Come with me and see my zeal…
17When Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down…
18Then Jehu brought all the people together and…
19Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets…
20And Jehu commanded, “Proclaim a solemn assembly for…
21Then Jehu sent word throughout Israel, and all…
22And Jehu said to the keeper of the…
23Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered…
24And they went in to offer sacrifices and…
25When he had finished making the burnt offering,…
26They brought out the sacred pillar of the…
27They also demolished the sacred pillar of Baal.…
28Thus Jehu eradicated Baal from Israel,
29but he did not turn away from the…
30Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you…
31Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the…
32In those days the LORD began to reduce…
33from the Jordan eastward through all the land…
34As for the rest of the acts of…
35And Jehu rested with his fathers and was…
36So the duration of Jehu’s reign over Israel…
