Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.

All the sinners among my people will die by the sword – the ones who say, ‘Disaster will not come near, it will not confront us.’

“Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.

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.