<p class="bodytext">When he had secured control of the kingdom,<n id="1" /> he executed the servants who had assassinated his father.<n id="2" />

The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed<n id="1" /> at Riblah in the territory<n id="2" /> of Hamath. So Judah was deported from its land.p>

Jehu aimed his bow and shot an arrow right between Jehoram&#8217;s shoulders.<n id="1" /> The arrow went through<n id="2" /> his heart and he fell to his knees in his chariot.

Then Jehu killed all who were left of Ahab&#8217;s family in Jezreel, and all his nobles, close friends, and priests. He left no survivors.p>

He went to Samaria and exterminated all the members of Ahab&#8217;s family who were still alive in Samaria,<n id="1" /> just as the <sc>Lordsc> had announced to Elijah.<n id="2" />p>

Then Elisha<n id="1" /> said, &#8220;Take the arrows,&#8221; and he did so.<n id="2" /> He told the king of Israel, &#8220;Strike the ground!&#8221; He struck the ground three times and stopped.

Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to<n id="1" /> Samaria and attacked Shallum son of Jabesh.<n id="2" /> He killed him and took his place as king.

The people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they<n id="1" /> made his son Josiah king in his place.p>

At that time Menahem came from Tirzah and attacked Tiphsah. He struck down all who lived in the city and the surrounding territory, because they would not surrender.<n id="1" /> He even ripped open the pregnant women.p>

<p class="bodytext">That very night the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s messenger went out and killed 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When they<n id="1" /> got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses.<n id="2" />