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2 Kings 10
1 - Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and to those who brought up Ahab's sons, saying,
2 - "Now as soon as this letter comes to you, since your master's sons are with you, and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and armor,
3 - Select the best and fittest of your master's sons, set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house."
5 - He who was over the household, and he who was over the city, the elders also, and those who raised the children, sent to Jehu, saying, "We are your servants, and will do all that you ask us. We will not make any man king. You do that which is good in your eyes."
6 - Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, "If you are on my side, and if you will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men who are your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by tomorrow this time."Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who brought them up.
7 - When the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and killed them, even seventy people, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him to Jezreel.
8 - A messenger came and told him, "They have brought the heads of the king's sons."He said, "Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning."
9 - In the morning, he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, "You are righteous. Behold, I conspired against my master and killed him, but who killed all these?
14 - He said, "Take them alive!"They took them alive, and killed them at the pit of the shearing house, even forty-two men. He didn't leave any of them.
15 - When he had departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him. He greeted him, and said to him, "Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?"Jehonadab answered, "It is.""If it is, give me your hand." He gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
16 - He said, "Come with me, and see my zeal for The LORD." So they made him ride in his chariot.
17 - When he came to Samaria, he struck all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, according to The LORD's word, which he spoke to Elijah.
18 - Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him much.
20 - Jehu said, "Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal!"So they proclaimed it.
22 - He said to him who kept the wardrobe, "Bring out robes for all the worshipers of Baal!"So he brought robes out to them.
24 - So they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had appointed for himself eighty men outside, and said, "If any of the men whom I bring into your hands escape, he who lets him go, his life shall be for the life of him."
28 - Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
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