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10:1 Ahab <0256> had seventy <07657> sons <01121> living in Samaria <08111>. So Jehu <03058> wrote <03789> letters <05612> and sent <07971> them to <0413> Samaria <08111> to the leading <02205> officials <08269> of Jezreel <03157> and to <0413> the guardians <0539> of Ahab’s <0256> dynasty. This is what the letters said <0559>, 10:2 “You have with <0854> you the sons <01121> of your master <0113>, chariots <07393> and horses <05483>, a fortified <04013> city <05892>, and weapons <05402>. So <06258> when this <02088> letter <05612> arrives <0935>, 10:3 pick <07200> the best <02896> and most capable <03477> of your master’s <0113> sons <01121>, place <07760> him on <05921> his father’s <01> throne <03678>, and defend <05921> <03898> your master’s <0113> dynasty <01004>.” 10:4 They were absolutely <03966> <03966> terrified <03372> and said <0559>, “Look <02009>, two <08147> kings <04428> could not <03808> stop <05975> him! How <0349> can we <0587>?” 10:5 So the palace <01004> supervisor, the city <05892> commissioner, the leaders <02205>, and the guardians <0539> sent <07971> this message to <0413> Jehu <03058>, “We <0587> are your subjects <05650>! Whatever <0834> <03605> you say <0559>, we will do <06213>. We will not <03808> make anyone <0376> king <04427>. Do <06213> what you consider <05869> proper <02896>.” 10:6 He wrote <03789> them a second <08145> letter <05612>, saying <0559>, “If <0518> you <0859> are really on my side and are willing to obey <08085> me, then take <03947> the heads <07218> of your master’s <0113> sons <01121> and come <0935> to <0413> me in Jezreel <03157> at this time <06256> tomorrow <04279>.” Now the king <04428> had seventy <07657> sons <01121>, and the prominent <01419> men <0376> of the city <05892> were raising <01431> them. 10:7 When <01961> they received <0935> the letter <05612>, they seized <03947> the king’s <04428> sons <01121> and executed <07819> all seventy <07657> of them. They put <07760> their heads <07218> in baskets <01731> and sent <07971> them to <0413> him in Jezreel <03157>. 10:8 The messenger <04397> came <0935> and told <05046> Jehu, “They have brought <0935> the heads <07218> of the king’s <04428> sons <01121>.” Jehu said <0559>, “Stack <07760> them in two <08147> piles <06652> at the entrance <06607> of the city gate <08179> until <05704> morning <01242>.” 10:9 In the morning <01242> he went out <03318> and stood <05975> there. Then he said <0559> to <0413> all <03605> the people <05971>, “You <0859> are innocent <06662>. I <0589> conspired <07194> against <05921> my master <0113> and killed <02026> him. But who <04310> struck down <05221> all <03605> of these <0428> men? 10:10 Therefore <0645> take note <03045> that <03588> not <03808> one of the judgments <01697> the Lord <03068> announced <01696> against <05921> Ahab’s <0256> dynasty <01004> has failed <05307> to materialize. The Lord <03068> had done <06213> what <0834> he announced <01696> through <03027> his servant <05650> Elijah <0452>.” 10:11 Then Jehu <03058> killed <05221> all <03605> who were left <07604> of Ahab’s <0256> family <01004> in Jezreel <03157>, and all <03605> his nobles <01419>, close friends <03045>, and priests <03548>. He left <07604> no <01115> survivors <08300>. 10:12 Jehu then left <06965> there and set out <0935> for Samaria <08111>. While he <01931> was traveling <01870> through Beth Eked <01004> of the Shepherds <07462>, 10:13 Jehu <03058> encountered <04672> the relatives <0251> of King <04428> Ahaziah <0274> of Judah <03063>. He asked <0559>, “Who <04310> are you <0859>?” They replied <0559>, “We are Ahaziah’s <0274> relatives <0251>. We <0587> have come down <03381> to see how the king’s <04428> sons <01121> and the queen mother’s <01377> sons <01121> are doing.” 10:14 He said <0559>, “Capture <08610> them alive <02416>!” So they captured <08610> them alive <02416> and then executed <07819> all forty-two <08147> <0705> of them <0376> in <0413> the cistern <0953> at Beth Eked <01044>. He left <07604> no <03808> survivors <0376>. 10:15 When he left <01980> there <08033>, he met <04672> Jehonadab <03082>, son <01121> of Rekab <07394>, who had been looking for <07125> him. Jehu greeted <01288> him and asked <0559>, “Are <03426> you as committed <03477> to me as <0834> I am to <05973> you?” Jehonadab <03082> answered <0559>, “I am <03426>!” Jehu replied, “If so, give <05414> me your hand <03027>.” So he offered <05414> his hand <03027> and Jehu pulled <05927> him up <05927> into <0413> <0413> the chariot <04818>. 10:16 Jehu said <0559>, “Come <01980> with <0854> me and see <07200> how zealous <07068> I am for the Lord’s <03068> cause.” So he took <07392> him along <07392> in his chariot <07393>. 10:17 He went <0935> to Samaria <08111> and exterminated <05221> all <03605> the members of Ahab’s <0256> family who were still alive <07604> in Samaria <08111>, just as <0834> the Lord <03068> had announced <01696> to <0413> Elijah <0452>. 10:18 Jehu <03058> assembled <06908> all <03605> the people <05971> and said <0559> to <0413> them, “Ahab <0256> worshiped <05647> Baal <01168> a little <04592>; Jehu <03058> will worship <05647> him with great devotion <07235>. 10:19 So now <06258>, bring <07121> to me all <03605> the prophets <05030> of Baal <01168>, as well as all <03605> his servants <05647> and priests <03548>. None <0408> <0376> of them must be absent <06485>, for <03588> I am offering a great <01419> sacrifice <02077> to Baal <01168>. Any <03605> of them who <0834> fail to appear <06485> will lose <03808> their lives <02421>.” But Jehu <03058> was tricking <06122> <06213> them so <04616> he could destroy <06> the servants <05647> of Baal <01168>. 10:20 Then Jehu <03058> ordered <0559>, “Make arrangements <06942> for a celebration <06116> for Baal <01168>.” So they announced <07121> it. 10:21 Jehu <03058> sent <07971> invitations <0935> throughout <03605> Israel <03478>, and all <03605> the servants <05647> of Baal <01168> came <0935>; not <03808> one <0376> was absent <07604>. They arrived <0935> at the temple <01004> of Baal <01168> and filled <04390> it <01168> <01004> up from end <06310> to end <06310>. 10:22 Jehu ordered <0559> the one who <0834> was in charge <05921> of the wardrobe <04458>, “Bring out <03318> robes <03830> for all <03605> the servants <05647> of Baal <01168>.” So he brought out <03318> robes <04403> for them. 10:23 Then Jehu <03058> and Jehonadab <03082> son <01121> of Rekab <07394> went <0935> to the temple <01004> of Baal <01168>. Jehu said <0559> to the servants <05647> of Baal <01168>, “Make sure <07200> <02664> there <03426> are no <06435> servants <05650> of the Lord <03068> here <06311> with you; there must be only <0905> servants <05647> of Baal <01168>.” 10:24 They went <0935> inside to offer <06213> sacrifices <02077> and burnt offerings <05930>. Now Jehu <03058> had stationed <07760> eighty <08084> men <0376> outside <02351>. He <0376> had told <0559> them, “If any of the men <0376> inside get away <04422>, you will pay with <08478> your lives <05315> <05315>!” 10:25 When <01961> he finished <03615> offering <06213> the burnt sacrifice <05930>, Jehu <03058> ordered <0559> the royal guard <07323> and officers <07991>, “Come <0935> in and strike <05221> them down <05221>! Don’t <0408> let any <0376> escape <03318>!” So the royal guard <07323> and officers <07991> struck <05221> them down <05221> with the sword <02719> and left <07993> their bodies lying there. Then they entered <01980> the inner sanctuary <05892> of the temple <01004> of Baal <01168>. 10:26 They hauled out <03318> the sacred pillar <04676> of the temple <01004> of Baal <01168> and burned <08313> it. 10:27 They demolished <05422> the sacred pillar <04676> of Baal <01168> and the temple <01004> of Baal <01168>; it is used as <07760> a latrine <04163> to <05704> this very day <03117>.

• 2Ki 10:1-17 -- Jehu Wipes Out Ahab's Family
• 2Ki 10:18-28 -- Jehu Executes the Prophets and Priests of Baal

• Jehu

  [ebd] Jehovah is he. (1.) The son of Obed, and father of Azariah (1 Chr. 2:38). (2.) One of the Benjamite slingers that joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:3). (3.) The son of Hanani, a prophet of Judah (1 Kings 16:1, 7; 2 Chr. 19:2...
  [isbe] JEHU - je'-hu (yehu; meaning uncertain, perhaps "Yahweh is he"; 1 Ki 19:16,17; 2 Ki 9; 10; Eiou): Son of Jehoshaphat, and descendant of Nimshi, hence, commonly called "the son of Nimshi"; 10th king of Israel, and founder of ...
  [nave] JEHU 1. The prophet who aounced the wrath of Jehovah against Baasha, king of Israel, 1 Kin. 16:1, 7, 12; 2 Chr. 19:2; 20:34. 2. Son of Nimshi, king of Israel, 1 Kin. 19:16; 2 Kin. 9:1-14. Religious zeal of, in slaying idol...
  

• JEHONADAB

  [ebd] Jehovah is liberal; or, whom Jehovah impels. (1.) A son of Shimeah, and nephew of David. It was he who gave the fatal wicked advice to Amnon, the heir to the throne (2 Sam. 13:3-6). He was very "subtil," but unprincipled. (2...
  [isbe] JEHONADAB - je-hon'-a-dab (yehonadhabh, either "Yahweh is noble" or "liberal," or "Yahweh has impelled") = Jonadab (yonadhabh, same meaning): (1) Jehonadab in the Hebrew of 2 Sam 13:5; but Jonadab in English Versions of the ...
  [smith] (whom Jehovah impels) and Jon?adab, the son of Rechab, founder of the Rechabites, an Arab chief. When Jehu was advancing, after the slaughter of Betheked, on the city of Samaria, he was suddenly met by Jehonadab, who joined w...
  

• Government

  [isbe] GOVERNMENT - guv'-ern-ment: The government of the Hebrews varied at different periods, of which we may distinguish seven: (1) the nomadic period, from the Exodus to the entrance into Palestine; (2) the period of transition f...
  [nave] GOVERNMENT Paternal functions of, Gen. 41:25-57. Civil service school provided by, Dan. 1:3-20. Maintains a system of public instruction, 2 Chr. 17:7-9. Executive departments in. See: Cabinet; King; Ruler; Statecraft. Ju...
  

• Ezion-geber

  [ebd] the giant's backbone (so called from the head of a mountain which runs out into the sea), an ancient city and harbour at the north-east end of the Elanitic branch of the Red Sea, the Gulf of Akabah, near Elath or Eloth (Num....
  

• Zeal

  [nave] ZEAL, Religious Josh. 24:15, 16; 2 Sam. 24:24, 25; 1 Kin. 9:4; 1 Kin. 15:14; 1 Chr. 29:17; 2 Chr. 15:15; 2 Chr. 19:3; Ezra 7:23; Job 16:19; Psa. 42:1, 2; Psa. 60:4; Psa. 96:2, 3, 10; Psa. 119:139; Prov. 11:30; Eccl. 9:10; ...
  

• Decision

  [nave] DECISION. Deut. 30:19; Josh. 23:8. Josh. 24:15; 1 Sam. 12:20; 1 Kin. 18:21; Psa. 37:34; Psa. 69:13; Prov. 4:25-27; Isa. 50:7; Matt. 24:13 Mark 13:13; Matt. 10:22. Matt. 25:23; Luke 7:23 Matt. 11:6. John 8:31; John 15:4, 5, ...
  

• Enthusiasm

  [nave] ENTHUSIASM. Instances of Gideon, Judg. 6; 7; Jehu, 2 Kin. 9:1-14; 10:1-28. See: Zeal.
  

• FACT

  [isbe] FACT - Lit. "a deed." The word occurs only in the heading of the chapter, 2 Ki 10 the King James Version, "Jehu excuseth the fact by the prophecy of Elijah," and in 2 Macc 4:36, with reference to the murder of Onias, "certai...
  

• Homicide

  [nave] HOMICIDE. Accidental Ex. 21:13, 28-32; Num. 35:11-15, 22-28, 32 Deut. 4:41-43; 19:1-10. Josh. 20:1-9 Felonious or Murder: Gen. 4:9-11 v. 12.; Gen. 9:5, 6; Gen. 49:7; Ex. 20:13 Deut. 5:17; Rom. 13:9. Ex. 21:29-32; Num. 35...
  

• Massacre

  [nave] MASSACRE Authorized by Moses, Deut. 20:13, 16. Decree to destroy the Jews, Esth. 3. Instances of Inhabitants of Heshbon, Deut. 2:34; of Bashan, Deut. 3:6; of Ai, Josh. 8:24-26; of Hazor, Josh. 11:11, 12; of the cities of ...
  

• Assyria

  [ebd] the name derived from the city Asshur on the Tigris, the original capital of the country, was originally a colony from Babylonia, and was ruled by viceroys from that kingdom. It was a mountainous region lying to the north of...
  

• Jezreel

  [ebd] God scatters. (1.) A town of Issachar (Josh. 19:18), where the kings of Israel often resided (1 Kings 18:45; 21:1; 2 Kings 9:30). Here Elijah met Ahab, Jehu, and Bidkar; and here Jehu executed his dreadful commission against...
  [isbe] JEZREEL - jez'-re-el, jez'-rel (yizre`e'l, "God soweth"): (1) A city on the border of the territory of Issachar (Josh 19:18). 1. Territory: It is named with Chesulloth and Shunem (modern Iksal and Solam). It remained loyal t...
  [smith] A city situated in the plain of the same name between Gilboa and Little Hermon, now generally called Esdraelon. [ESDRAELON] It appears in (Joshua 19:18) but its historical importance dates from the reign of Ahab, B.C. 918-89...
  [nave] JEZREEL 1. A city in the S. of Judah, Josh. 15:56; 1 Sam. 25:43; 27:3; 29:1, 11. 2. A city of Issachar, Josh. 19:18; 2 Sam. 2:9. Ahab's residence in, 1 Kin. 18:45, 46; 21:1. Naboth's vineyard in, 1 Kin. 21:1. Joram's res...
  

• Friendship

  [nave] FRIENDSHIP. Deut. 13:6-9; Job 6:14, 15; Job 16:2, 20; Job 19:13-22; Psa. 35:13, 14; Psa. 41:9; Psa. 55:12-14; Psa. 88:8, 18; Prov. 11:13; Prov. 17:9, 17; Prov. 18:24; Prov. 22:24-27; Prov. 25:17, 19; Prov. 27:6, 9, 10, 14, ...
  

• Religion

  [nave] RELIGION. False Deut. 32:31-33. See: Idolatry; Intolerance; Teachers, False. Family See: Family. National Supported by taxes, Ex. 30:11-16; 38:26. Priests supported by the State, 1 Kin. 18:19; 2 Chr. 11:13-15. Subve...
  

• Inconsistency

  [nave] INCONSISTENCY. Matt. 7:3-5; Matt. 23:3, 4; Rom. 2:1, 21-23 See: Deceit; Deception; Hypocrisy. Instances of Jehu, 2 Kin. 10:16-31. The Jews, in oppressing the poor, Neh. 5:9; in accusing Jesus of violating the Sabbath, Jo...
  

• Samaria

  [nave] SAMARIA 1. City of, built by Omri, 1 Kin. 16:24. Capital of the kingdom of the ten tribes, 1 Kin. 16:29; 22:51; 2 Kin. 13:1, 10; 15:8. Besieged by Ben-hadad, 1 Kin. 20; 2 Kin. 6:24-33; 7. The king of Syria is led into, by...
  

• Confidence

  [nave] CONFIDENCE. Betrayed Instances of: Joshua, by the Gibeonites, Josh. 9:3-15. Eglon, by Ehud, Judg. 3:15-23. Ahimelech, by David, 1 Sam. 21:1-9. Abner, by Joab, 2 Sam. 3:27. Amasa, by Joab, 2 Sam. 20:9, 10. The worship...
  

• Lies and Deceits

  [nave] LIES AND DECEITS Ex. 23:1; Lev. 6:2-7; Lev. 19:11, 12, 16 Ex. 20:16. Job 13:4; Job 21:34; Job 27:4; Job 31:5, 6, 33; Job 36:4; Psa. 5:6, 9; Psa. 10:7; Psa. 12:2, 3; Psa. 28:3; Psa. 31:18; Psa. 34:13 1 Pet. 3:10. Psa. 36:3; P...
  

• Intolerance

  [nave] INTOLERANCE, religious. Exemplified by Cain, Gen. 4:8; Joshua, Num. 11:24-28; James and John, Mark 9:38, 39; Luke 9:49; the Jews, in persecuting Jesus, See: Jesus, History of; and in persecuting the disciples, Acts 4:1-3, 15-...
  

• Baal

  [ebd] lord. (1.) The name appropriated to the principal male god of the Phoenicians. It is found in several places in the plural BAALIM (Judg. 2:11; 10:10; 1 Kings 18:18; Jer. 2:23; Hos. 2:17). Baal is identified with Molech (Jer....
  [smith] the supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations, as Ashtoreth was their supreme female divinity. Some suppose Baal to correspond to the sun and Ashtoreth to the moon; others that Baal was Jupiter and Ashto...
  [nave] BAAL 1. An idol of the Phoenicians, god of the sun. Wickedly worshiped by the Israelites in the time of the judges, Judg. 2:10-23; 1 Sam. 7:3, 4; by the kingdom of Israel, 2 Kin. 17:16; Jer. 23:13; Hos. 1; 2; 13:1; under Aha...
  

• Ahab's Family Killed

  

• The Ministers of Baal Killed

  

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