II Kings 10 Jehu Meets Jonadab and Slays the Servants of Baal

 II Kings 10

Jehu Meets Jonadab and Slays the Servants of Baal

15 And he departed from there, and met Jonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he saluted him, and said unto him, Is thy heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jonadab said, It is. If so, give me thy hand. And he gave him his hand, and took him up into his chariot.

16 And he said, Go with me, and thou shalt see my zeal for the LORD. And they put him in his chariot.

17 And he came to Samaria, and smote all that were left of the house of Ahab in Samaria, until he had destroyed them, according to the word of the LORD, which he had spoken to Elijah.

18 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.

19 Therefore call to me now all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let not one be missing, for I have a great sacrifice to offer to Baal; whoever is missing shall not live. But Jehu did this craftily, to destroy the servants of Baal.

20 And Jehu said, Consecrate a solemn assembly to Baal. And they proclaimed.

21 And Jehu sent throughout all Israel: and all the servants of Baal came, and there was not a man of them that did not come: and they entered the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other.

22 Then he said to him that was in charge of the wardrobe, Bring forth the garments for all the servants of Baal. And he brought forth their garments. 

23 Then Jehu and Jehonadab the son of Rechab went into the house of Baal and said to the servants of Baal, "Search and see that there is none of the servants of the Lord here with you, but only the servants of Baal."

 24 As they were about to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu prepared eighty men outside and said to them, "If any of the men I give into your hands escape, your life will be for his life." 

25 When he had finished offering the burnt offering, Jehu said to his guard and his captains, "Go in and strike them down; let not one of them escape." So they struck them with the edge of the sword. The guards and the captains threw them out and went to the city of the house of Baal. 

26 They took the images out of the house of Baal and burned them. 

27 They also broke down the image of Baal, and tore down the house of Baal, and made it a cesspool, unto this day. 

28 So Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. 

29 But Jehu did not turn aside from following the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, namely, the golden calves that were in Bethel and in Dan.

 30 And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in doing that which is right in my eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.

 31 But Jehu took not heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart, nor did he turn aside from the sins of Jeroboam, who made Israel to sin. 

32 In those days the Lord began to reduce the borders of Israel, because Hazael defeated them in all the borders of Israel: 

33 From the Jordan eastward, and all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the River Arnon, that is, Gilead, and Bashan. 

34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of Israel? 

35 And Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria: and Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. 

36 And the days that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria were twenty-eight years.