2 Kings 9:24-25
9:24 Jehu aimed his bow and shot an arrow right between Jehoram’s shoulders.
The arrow went through
his heart and he fell to his knees in his chariot.
9:25 Jehu ordered
his officer Bidkar, “Pick him up and throw him into the part of the field that once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel. Remember, you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, when the
Lord pronounced this judgment on him,
2 Kings 10:7-8
10:7 When they received the letter, they seized the king’s sons and executed all seventy of them.
They put their heads in baskets and sent them to him in Jezreel.
10:8 The messenger came and told Jehu,
“They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” Jehu
said, “Stack them in two piles at the entrance of the city gate until morning.”
2 Kings 10:10-11
10:10 Therefore take note that not one of the judgments the
Lord announced against Ahab’s dynasty has failed to materialize. The
Lord had done what he announced through his servant Elijah.”
10:11 Then Jehu killed all who were left of Ahab’s family in Jezreel, and all his nobles, close friends, and priests. He left no survivors.
2 Kings 10:17
10:17 He went to Samaria and exterminated all the members of Ahab’s family who were still alive in Samaria,
just as the
Lord had announced to Elijah.
2 Kings 10:29-31
A Summary of Jehu’s Reign
10:29 However, Jehu did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam son of Nebat had encouraged Israel to commit; the golden calves remained in Bethel and Dan.
10:30 The Lord said to Jehu, “You have done well. You have accomplished my will and carried out my wishes with regard to Ahab’s dynasty. Therefore four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel.”
10:31 But Jehu did not carefully and wholeheartedly obey the law of the Lord God of Israel. He did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam had encouraged Israel to commit.
2 Kings 15:10-12
15:10 Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him; he assassinated him in Ibleam
and took his place as king.
15:11 The rest of the events of Zechariah’s reign are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.
15:12 His assassination brought to fulfillment the
Lord’s word to Jehu,
“Four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel.”
That is exactly what happened.