Dual Panel1And Ahab <0256> had seventy <07657> sons <01121> in Samaria <08111>_. And Jehu <03058> wrote <03789> (8799) letters <05612>_, and sent <07971> (8799) to Samaria <08111>_, unto the rulers <08269> of Jezreel <03157>_, to the elders <02205>_, and to them that brought up <0539> (8802) Ahab's <0256> [children], saying <0559> (8800)_, {them...: Heb. nourishers}
2Now as soon as this letter <05612> cometh <0935> (8800) to you, seeing your master's <0113> sons <01121> [are] with you, and [there are] with you chariots <07393> and horses <05483>_, a fenced <04013> city <05892> also, and armour <05402>_;
3Look even out <07200> (8804) the best <02896> and meetest <03477> of your master's <0113> sons <01121>_, and set <07760> (8804) [him] on his father's <01> throne <03678>_, and fight <03898> (8734) for your master's <0113> house <01004>_.
4But they were exceedingly <03966> <03966> afraid <03372> (8799)_, and said <0559> (8799)_, Behold, two <08147> kings <04428> stood <05975> (8804) not before <06440> him: how then shall we stand <05975> (8799)_?
5And he that [was] over the house <01004>_, and he that [was] over the city <05892>_, the elders <02205> also, and the bringers up <0539> (8802) [of the children], sent <07971> (8799) to Jehu <03058>_, saying <0559> (8800)_, We [are] thy servants <05650>_, and will do <06213> (8799) all that thou shalt bid <0559> (8799) us; we will not make any <0376> king <04427> (8686)_: do <06213> (8798) thou [that which is] good <02896> in thine eyes <05869>_.
6Then he wrote <03789> (8799) a letter <05612> the second time <08145> to them, saying <0559> (8800)_, If ye [be] mine, and [if] ye will hearken <08085> (8802) unto my voice <06963>_, take <03947> (8798) ye the heads <07218> of the men <0582> your master's <0113> sons <01121>_, and come <0935> (8798) to me to Jezreel <03157> by to morrow <04279> this time <06256>_. Now the king's <04428> sons <01121>_, [being] seventy <07657> persons <0376>_, [were] with the great men <01419> of the city <05892>_, which brought them up <01431> (8764)_. {mine: Heb. for me}
7And it came to pass, when the letter <05612> came <0935> (8800) to them, that they took <03947> (8799) the king's <04428> sons <01121>_, and slew <07819> (8799) seventy <07657> persons <0376>_, and put <07760> (8799) their heads <07218> in baskets <01731>_, and sent <07971> (8799) him [them] to Jezreel <03157>_.
8And there came <0935> (8799) a messenger <04397>_, and told <05046> (8686) him, saying <0559> (8800)_, They have brought <0935> (8689) the heads <07218> of the king's <04428> sons <01121>_. And he said <0559> (8799)_, Lay <07760> (8798) ye them in two <08147> heaps <06652> at the entering in <06607> of the gate <08179> until the morning <01242>_.
9And it came to pass in the morning <01242>_, that he went out <03318> (8799)_, and stood <05975> (8799)_, and said <0559> (8799) to all the people <05971>_, Ye [be] righteous <06662>_: behold, I conspired <07194> (8804) against my master <0113>_, and slew <02026> (8799) him: but who slew <05221> (8689) all these?
10Know <03045> (8798) now <0645> that there shall fall <05307> (8799) unto the earth <0776> nothing of the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>_, which the LORD <03068> spake <01696> (8765) concerning the house <01004> of Ahab <0256>_: for the LORD <03068> hath done <06213> (8804) [that] which he spake <01696> (8765) by <03027> his servant <05650> Elijah <0452>_. {by: Heb. by the hand of}
11So Jehu <03058> slew <05221> (8686) all that remained <07604> (8737) of the house <01004> of Ahab <0256> in Jezreel <03157>_, and all his great men <01419>_, and his kinsfolks <03045> (8794)_, and his priests <03548>_, until he left <07604> (8689) him none remaining <08300>_. {kinsfolks: or, acquaintance}
12And he arose <06965> (8799) and departed <0935> (8799)_, and came <03212> (8799) to Samaria <08111>_. [And] as he [was] at the shearing <07462> (8802) house <01004> (8677) <01044> in the way <01870>_, {shearing...: Heb. house of shepherds binding sheep}
13Jehu <03058> met <04672> (8804) with the brethren <0251> of Ahaziah <0274> king <04428> of Judah <03063>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, Who [are] ye? And they answered <0559> (8799)_, We [are] the brethren <0251> of Ahaziah <0274>_; and we go down <03381> (8799) to salute <07965> the children <01121> of the king <04428> and the children <01121> of the queen <01377>_. {met with: Heb. found} {to salute...: Heb. to the peace of, etc}
14And he said <0559> (8799)_, Take <08610> (8798) them alive <02416>_. And they took <08610> (8799) them alive <02416>_, and slew <07819> (8799) them at the pit <0953> of the shearing house <01044>_, [even] two <08147> and forty <0705> men <0376>_; neither left <07604> (8689) he any <0376> of them.
15And when he was departed <03212> (8799) thence, he lighted <04672> (8799) on Jehonadab <03082> the son <01121> of Rechab <07394> [coming] to meet <07125> (8800) him: and he saluted <01288> (8762) him, and said <0559> (8799) to him, Is <03426> thine heart <03824> right <03477>_, as my heart <03824> [is] with thy heart <03824>_? And Jehonadab <03082> answered <0559> (8799)_, It is <03426>_. If it be, give <05414> (8798) [me] thine hand <03027>_. And he gave <05414> (8799) [him] his hand <03027>_; and he took him up <05927> (8686) to him into the chariot <04818>_. {lighted on: Heb. found} {saluted: Heb. blessed}
16And he said <0559> (8799)_, Come <03212> (8798) with me, and see <07200> (8798) my zeal <07068> for the LORD <03068>_. So they made him ride <07392> (8686) in his chariot <07393>_.
17And when he came <0935> (8799) to Samaria <08111>_, he slew <05221> (8686) all that remained <07604> (8737) unto Ahab <0256> in Samaria <08111>_, till he had destroyed <08045> (8689) him, according to the saying <01697> of the LORD <03068>_, which he spake <01696> (8765) to Elijah <0452>_.
18And Jehu <03058> gathered <06908> (0) all the people <05971> together <06908> (8799)_, and said <0559> (8799) unto them, Ahab <0256> served <05647> (8804) Baal <01168> a little <04592>_; [but] Jehu <03058> shall serve <05647> (8799) him much <07235> (8687)_.
19Now therefore call <07121> (8798) unto me all the prophets <05030> of Baal <01168>_, all his servants <05647> (8802)_, and all his priests <03548>_; let none <0376> be wanting <06485> (8735)_: for I have a great <01419> sacrifice <02077> [to do] to Baal <01168>_; whosoever shall be wanting <06485> (8735)_, he shall not live <02421> (8799)_. But Jehu <03058> did <06213> (8804) [it] in subtilty <06122>_, to the intent that he might destroy <06> (8687) the worshippers <05647> (8802) of Baal <01168>_.
20And Jehu <03058> said <0559> (8799)_, Proclaim <06942> (8761) a solemn assembly <06116> for Baal <01168>_. And they proclaimed <07121> (8799) [it]. {Proclaim: Heb. Sanctify}
21And Jehu <03058> sent <07971> (8799) through all Israel <03478>_: and all the worshippers <05647> (8802) of Baal <01168> came <0935> (8799)_, so that there was not a man <0376> left <07604> (8738) that came <0935> (8804) not. And they came <0935> (8799) into the house <01004> of Baal <01168>_; and the house <01004> of Baal <01168> was full <04390> (8735) from one end <06310> to another <06310>_. {full...: or, so full that they stood mouth to mouth}
22And he said <0559> (8799) unto him that [was] over the vestry <04458>_, Bring forth <03318> (8685) vestments <03830> for all the worshippers <05647> (8802) of Baal <01168>_. And he brought them forth <03318> (8686) vestments <04403>_.
23And Jehu <03058> went <0935> (8799)_, and Jehonadab <03082> the son <01121> of Rechab <07394>_, into the house <01004> of Baal <01168>_, and said <0559> (8799) unto the worshippers <05647> (8802) of Baal <01168>_, Search <02664> (8761)_, and look <07200> (8798) that there be <03426> here with you none of the servants <05650> of the LORD <03068>_, but the worshippers <05647> (8802) of Baal <01168> only.
24And when they went in <0935> (8799) to offer <06213> (8800) sacrifices <02077> and burnt offerings <05930>_, Jehu <03058> appointed <07760> (8804) fourscore <08084> men <0376> without <02351>_, and said <0559> (8799)_, [If] any <0376> of the men <0582> whom I have brought <0935> (8688) into your hands <03027> escape <04422> (8735)_, [he that letteth him go], his life <05315> [shall be] for the life <05315> of him.
25And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end <03615> (8763) of offering <06213> (8800) the burnt offering <05930>_, that Jehu <03058> said <0559> (8799) to the guard <07323> (8801) and to the captains <07991>_, Go in <0935> (8798)_, [and] slay <05221> (8685) them; let none <0376> come forth <03318> (8799)_. And they smote <05221> (8686) them with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>_; and the guard <07323> (8801) and the captains <07991> cast [them] out <07993> (8686)_, and went <03212> (8799) to the city <05892> of the house <01004> of Baal <01168>_. {the edge: Heb. the mouth}
26And they brought forth <03318> (8686) the images <04676> out of the house <01004> of Baal <01168>_, and burned <08313> (8799) them. {images: Heb. statues}
27And they brake down <05422> (8799) the image <04676> of Baal <01168>_, and brake down <05422> (8799) the house <01004> of Baal <01168>_, and made <07760> (8799) it a draught house <04163> (8675) <04280> unto this day <03117>_.
28Thus Jehu <03058> destroyed <08045> (8686) Baal <01168> out of Israel <03478>_.
29Howbeit [from] the sins <02399> of Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Nebat <05028>_, who made Israel <03478> to sin <02398> (8689)_, Jehu <03058> departed <05493> (8804) not from after <0310> them, [to wit], the golden <02091> calves <05695> that [were] in Bethel <01008>_, and that [were] in Dan <01835>_.
30And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) unto Jehu <03058>_, Because thou hast done well <02895> (8689) in executing <06213> (8800) [that which is] right <03477> in mine eyes <05869>_, [and] hast done <06213> (8804) unto the house <01004> of Ahab <0256> according to all that [was] in mine heart <03824>_, thy children <01121> of the fourth <07243> [generation] shall sit <03427> (8799) on the throne <03678> of Israel <03478>_.
31But Jehu <03058> took no heed <08104> (8804) to walk <03212> (8800) in the law <08451> of the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> with all his heart <03824>_: for he departed <05493> (8804) not from the sins <02403> of Jeroboam <03379>_, which made Israel <03478> to sin <02398> (8689)_. {took...: Heb. observed not}
32In those days <03117> the LORD <03068> began <02490> (8689) to cut <07096> (0) Israel <03478> short <07096> (8763)_: and Hazael <02371> smote <05221> (8686) them in all the coasts <01366> of Israel <03478>_; {to cut: Heb. to cut off the ends}
33From Jordan <03383> eastward <04217> <08121>_, all the land <0776> of Gilead <01568>_, the Gadites <01425>_, and the Reubenites <07206>_, and the Manassites <04520>_, from Aroer <06177>_, which [is] by the river <05158> Arnon <0769>_, even Gilead <01568> and Bashan <01316>_. {eastward: Heb. toward the rising of the sun} {even...: or, even to Gilead and Bashan}
34Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Jehu <03058>_, and all that he did <06213> (8804)_, and all his might <01369>_, [are] they not written <03789> (8803) in the book <05612> of the chronicles <01697> <03117> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478>_?
35And Jehu <03058> slept <07901> (8799) with his fathers <01>_: and they buried <06912> (8799) him in Samaria <08111>_. And Jehoahaz <03059> his son <01121> reigned <04427> (8799) in his stead.
36And the time <03117> that Jehu <03058> reigned <04427> (8804) over Israel <03478> in Samaria <08111> [was] twenty <06242> and eight <08083> years <08141>_. {the time: Heb. the days were}