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2 King has 25 Chapters.

Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11 – Chapter 15
Chapter 16 – Chapter 20
Chapter 21 – Chapter 25

2 King 6

¹And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold

now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.

²Let us go, we pray thee, unto the Jordan, and take thence

every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may

dwell. And he answered, Go ye. ³And one said, Be pleased, I

pray thee, to go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

⁴So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan,

they cut down wood. ⁵But as one was felling a beam, the

axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, Alas, my

master! for it was borrowed. ⁶And the man of God said,

Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a

stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim. ⁷
And he said, Take it up to thee. So he put out his hand, and

took it.

⁸Now the king of Syria was warring against Israel; and

he took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a

place shall be my camp. ⁹And the man of God sent unto the

king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place;

for thither the Syrians are coming down. ¹⁰And the king of

Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and

warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once nor twice.

¹¹And the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for

this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will

ye not show me which of us is for the king of Israel? ¹²And

one of his servants said, Nay, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the

prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words

that thou speakest in thy bedchamber. ¹³And he said, Go and

see where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told

him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

¹⁴Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a

great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city

about. ¹⁵And when the servant of the man of God was risen

early, and gone forth, behold, a host with horses and chariots

was round about the city. And his servant said unto him, Alas,

my master! how shall we do? ¹⁶And he answered, Fear not;

for they that are with us are more than they that are with them.

¹⁷And Elisha prayed, and said, Jehovah, I pray thee, open

his eyes, that he may see. And Jehovah opened the eyes of the

young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of

horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. ¹⁸And when

they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto Jehovah, and said,

Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote

them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. ¹⁹And

Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the

city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek.

And he led them to Samaria.

²⁰And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria,

that Elisha said, Jehovah, open the eyes of these men, that they

may see. And Jehovah opened their eyes, and they saw; and,

behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. ²¹And the king

of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I

smite them? shall I smite them? ²²And he answered, Thou

shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast

taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and

water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their

master. ²³And he prepared great provision for them; and

when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went

to their master. And the bands of Syria came no more into the

land of Israel.

²⁴And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of

Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

²⁵And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold,

they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore

[pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung

for five [pieces] of silver. ²⁶And as the king of Israel

was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him,

saying, Help, my lord, O king. ²⁷And he said, If Jehovah do

not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the

threshing-floor, or out of the winepress? ²⁸And the king

said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman

said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we

will eat my son to-morrow. ²⁹So we boiled my son, and did

eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that

we may eat him; and she hath hid her son. ³⁰And it came to

pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent

his clothes (now he was passing by upon the wall); and the

people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his

flesh. ³¹Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if

the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this

day.

³²But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders

were sitting with him; and [the king] sent a man from before

him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders,

See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my

head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold

the door fast against him: is not the sound of his master’s feet

behind him? ³³And while he was yet talking with them,

behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold,

this evil is of Jehovah; why should I wait for Jehovah any

longer?

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2 King 7

¹And Elisha said, Hear ye the word of Jehovah: thus

saith Jehovah, To-morrow about this time shall a measure of fine

flour be [sold] for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a

shekel, in the gate of Samaria. ²Then the captain on whose

hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold,

if Jehovah should make windows in heaven, might this thing be?

And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but

shalt not eat thereof.

³Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the

gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we

die? ⁴If we say, We will enter into the city, then the

famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit

still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall

unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall

live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. ⁵And they rose

up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians; and when

they were come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians,

behold, there was no man there. ⁶For the Lord had made the

host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of

horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to

another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings

of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon

us. ⁷Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and

left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the

camp as it was, and fled for their life. ⁸And when these

lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into

one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and

gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and they came back, and

entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and

hid it.

⁹Then they said one to another, We do not well; this day

is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry

till the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now

therefore come, let us go and tell the king’s household. ¹⁰
So they came and called unto the porter of the city; and they

told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and,

behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the

horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.

¹¹And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s

household within. ¹²And the king arose in the night, and

said unto his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians

have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore are

they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field,

saying, When they come out of the city, we shall take them

alive, and get into the city. ¹³And one of his servants

answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the

horses that remain, which are left in the city (behold, they are

as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it; behold, they

are as all the multitude of Israel that are consumed); and let

us send and see. ¹⁴They took therefore two chariots with

horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying,

Go and see. ¹⁵And they went after them unto the Jordan:

and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the

Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers

returned, and told the king.

¹⁶And the people went out, and plundered the camp of the

Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was [sold] for a shekel, and

two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of

Jehovah. ¹⁷And the king appointed the captain on whose hand

he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trod

upon him in the gate, and he died as the man of God had said,

who spake when the king came down to him. ¹⁸And it came to

pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two

measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for

a shekel, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of

Samaria; ¹⁹and that captain answered the man of God, and

said, Now, behold, if Jehovah should make windows in heaven,

might such a thing be? and he said, Behold, thou shalt see it

with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof: ²⁰it came to

pass even so unto him; for the people trod upon him in the gate,

and he died.

Chapter 8

¹Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had

restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy household,

and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for Jehovah hath

called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven

years. ²And the woman arose, and did according to the word

of the man of God; and she went with her household, and

sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. ³And

it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned

out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry

unto the king for her house and for her land. ⁴Now the king

was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying,

Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath

done. ⁵And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how

he had restored to life him that was dead, that, behold, the

woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for

her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king,

this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to

life. ⁶And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So

the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore

all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day

that she left the land, even until now.

⁷And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of

Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is

come hither. ⁸And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present

in thy hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of Jehovah

by him, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness? ⁹So

Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of

every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and

stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath

sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness?

¹⁰And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou shalt

surely recover; howbeit Jehovah hath showed me that he shall

surely die. ¹¹And he settled his countenance stedfastly

[upon him], until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

¹²And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered,

Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of

Israel: their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young

men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash in pieces their

little ones, and rip up their women with child. ¹³And

Hazael said, But what is thy servant, who is but a dog, that he

should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, Jehovah hath

showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. ¹⁴Then he

departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him,

What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou

wouldest surely recover. ¹⁵And it came to pass on the

morrow, that he took the coverlet, and dipped it in water, and

spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in

his stead.

¹⁶And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of

Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of

Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. ¹⁷Thirty and two

years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight

years in Jerusalem. ¹⁸And he walked in the way of the kings

of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of

Ahab to wife; and he did that which was evil in the sight of

Jehovah. ¹⁹Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for

David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give unto him a

lamp for his children alway.

²⁰In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of

Judah, and made a king over themselves. ²¹Then Joram passed

over to Zair, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by

night, and smote the Edomites that compassed him about, and the

captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.

²²So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this

day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time. ²³And the

rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

²⁴And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his

fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his

stead.

²⁵In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of

Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to

reign. ²⁶Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began

to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s

name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel. ²⁷
And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did that

which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did the house of

Ahab; for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab. ²⁸And

he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of

Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram. ²⁹
And king Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds

which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against

Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of

Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because

he was sick.

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2 King 8

¹Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had

restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy household,

and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for Jehovah hath

called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven

years. ²And the woman arose, and did according to the word

of the man of God; and she went with her household, and

sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. ³And

it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned

out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry

unto the king for her house and for her land. ⁴Now the king

was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying,

Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath

done. ⁵And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how

he had restored to life him that was dead, that, behold, the

woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for

her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king,

this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to

life. ⁶And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So

the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore

all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day

that she left the land, even until now.

⁷And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of

Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is

come hither. ⁸And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present

in thy hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of Jehovah

by him, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness? ⁹So

Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of

every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and

stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath

sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness?

¹⁰And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou shalt

surely recover; howbeit Jehovah hath showed me that he shall

surely die. ¹¹And he settled his countenance stedfastly

[upon him], until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

¹²And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered,

Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of

Israel: their strongholds wilt thou set on fire, and their young

men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash in pieces their

little ones, and rip up their women with child. ¹³And

Hazael said, But what is thy servant, who is but a dog, that he

should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, Jehovah hath

showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. ¹⁴Then he

departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him,

What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou

wouldest surely recover. ¹⁵And it came to pass on the

morrow, that he took the coverlet, and dipped it in water, and

spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in

his stead.

¹⁶And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of

Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of

Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. ¹⁷Thirty and two

years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight

years in Jerusalem. ¹⁸And he walked in the way of the kings

of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of

Ahab to wife; and he did that which was evil in the sight of

Jehovah. ¹⁹Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for

David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give unto him a

lamp for his children alway.

²⁰In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of

Judah, and made a king over themselves. ²¹Then Joram passed

over to Zair, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by

night, and smote the Edomites that compassed him about, and the

captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.

²²So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this

day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time. ²³And the

rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not

written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

²⁴And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his

fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his

stead.

²⁵In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of

Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to

reign. ²⁶Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began

to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s

name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri king of Israel. ²⁷
And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did that

which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did the house of

Ahab; for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab. ²⁸And

he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of

Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram. ²⁹
And king Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds

which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against

Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of

Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because

he was sick.

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2 King 9

¹And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the

prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this

vial of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead. ²And when

thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat

the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among

his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber. ³Then take

the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith

Jehovah, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the

door, and flee, and tarry not. ⁴So the young man, even the

young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. ⁵And when he

came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he

said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto

which of us all? And he said, To thee, O captain. ⁶And he

arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his

head, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel,

I have anointed thee king over the people of Jehovah, even over

Israel. ⁷And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master,

that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the

blood of all the servants of Jehovah, at the hand of Jezebel.

⁸For the whole house of Ahab shall perish; and I will cut

off from Ahab every man-child, and him that is shut up and him

that is left at large in Israel. ⁹And I will make the house

of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like

the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. ¹⁰And the dogs shall

eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none

to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.

¹¹Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and

one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow

to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man and what his

talk was. ¹²And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he

said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith Jehovah,

I have anointed thee king over Israel. ¹³Then they hasted,

and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top

of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, Jehu is king.

¹⁴So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi

conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was keeping Ramoth-gilead,

he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria; ¹⁵but

king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds

which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king

of Syria.) And Jehu said, If this be your mind, then let none

escape and go forth out of the city, to go to tell it in

Jezreel. ¹⁶So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel;

for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to

see Joram.

¹⁷Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel,

and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a

company. And Joram said, Take a horseman, and send to meet them,

and let him say, Is it peace? ¹⁸So there went one on

horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it

peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee

behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to

them, but he cometh not back. ¹⁹Then he sent out a second

on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus saith the king,

Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace?

turn thee behind me. ²⁰And the watchman told, saying, He

came even unto them, and cometh not back: and the driving is

like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth

furiously.

²¹And Joram said, Make ready. And they made ready his

chariot. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went

out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and

found him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. ²²And it

came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace,

Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of

thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? ²³And

Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is

treachery, O Ahaziah. ²⁴And Jehu drew his bow with his full

strength, and smote Joram between his arms; and the arrow went

out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. ²⁵Then

said [Jehu] to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the

portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how

that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father,

Jehovah laid this burden upon him: ²⁶Surely I have seen

yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith

Jehovah; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith Jehovah.

Now therefore take and cast him into the plat [of ground],

according to the word of Jehovah.

²⁷But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled

by the way of the garden-house. And Jehu followed after him, and

said, Smite him also in the chariot: [and they smote him] at the

ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and

died there. ²⁸And his servants carried him in a chariot to

Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in

the city of David.

²⁹And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab

began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. ³⁰And when Jehu was come

to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and

attired her head, and looked out at the window. ³¹And as

Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Is it peace, thou Zimri,

thy master’s murderer? ³²And he lifted up his face to the

window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out

to him two or three eunuchs. ³³And he said, Throw her down.

So they threw her down; and some of her blood was sprinkled on

the wall, and on the horses: and he trod her under foot. ³⁴
And when he was come in, he did eat and drink; and he said, See

now to this cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king’s

daughter. ³⁵And they went to bury her; but they found no

more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her

hands. ³⁶Wherefore they came back, and told him. And he

said, This is the word of Jehovah, which he spake by his servant

Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall the

dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel; ³⁷and the body of Jezebel

shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of

Jezreel, so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.

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2 King 10

¹Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote

letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, even

the elders, and unto them that brought up [the sons of] Ahab,

saying, ²And now as soon as this letter cometh to you,

seeing your master’s sons are with you, and there are with you

chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and armor; ³
look ye out the best and meetest of your master’s sons, and set

him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.

⁴But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, the

two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand? ⁵
And he that was over the household, and he that was over the

city, the elders also, and they that brought up [the children],

sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that

thou shalt bid us; we will not make any man king: do thou that

which is good in thine eyes. ⁶Then he wrote a letter the

second time to them, saying, If ye be on my side, and if ye will

hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your

master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to-morrow this time.

Now the king’s sons, being seventy persons, were with the great

men of the city, who brought them up. ⁷And it came to

pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s

sons, and slew them, even seventy persons, and put their heads

in baskets, and sent them unto him to Jezreel. ⁸And there

came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the

heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps

at the entrance of the gate until the morning. ⁹And it

came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and

said to all the people, Ye are righteous: behold, I conspired

against my master, and slew him; but who smote all these?

¹⁰Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of

the word of Jehovah, which Jehovah spake concerning the house of

Ahab: for Jehovah hath done that which he spake by his servant

Elijah. ¹¹So Jehu smote all that remained of the house of

Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his familiar

friends, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

¹²And he arose and departed, and went to Samaria. And

as he was at the shearing-house of the shepherds in the way,

¹³Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and

said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of

Ahaziah: and we go down to salute the children of the king and

the children of the queen. ¹⁴And he said, Take them alive.

And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the

shearing-house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of

them. ¹⁵And when he was departed thence, he lighted on

Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he saluted

him, and said to him, Is thy heart right, as my heart is with

thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thy

hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into

the chariot. ¹⁶And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal

for Jehovah. So they made him ride in his chariot. ¹⁷And

when he came to Samaria, he smote all that remained unto Ahab in

Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the word of

Jehovah, which he spake to Elijah.

¹⁸And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said

unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him

much. ¹⁹Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of

Baal, all his worshippers, and all his priests; let none be

wanting: for I have a great sacrifice [to do] to Baal; whosoever

shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in

subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of

Baal. ²⁰And Jehu said, Sanctify a solemn assembly for

Baal. And they proclaimed it. ²¹And Jehu sent through all

Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was

not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of

Baal; and the house of Baal was filled from one end to another.

²²And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring

forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought

them forth vestments. ²³And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the

son of Rechab, into the house of Baal; and he said unto the

worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with

you none of the servants of Jehovah, but the worshippers of Baal

only. ²⁴And they went in to offer sacrifices and

burnt-offerings. Now Jehu had appointed him fourscore men

without, and said, If any of the men whom I bring into your

hands escape, [he that letteth him go], his life shall be for

the life of him.

²⁵And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of

offering the burnt-offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to

the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And

they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and

the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of

Baal. ²⁶And they brought forth the pillars that were in

the house of Baal, and burned them. ²⁷And they brake down

the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made

it a draught-house, unto this day. ²⁸Thus Jehu destroyed

Baal out of Israel.

²⁹Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,

wherewith he made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after

them, [to wit], the golden calves that were in Beth-el, and that

were in Dan. ³⁰And Jehovah said unto Jehu, Because thou

hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes,

[and] hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was

in my heart, thy sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the

throne of Israel. ³¹But Jehu took no heed to walk in the

law of Jehovah, the God of Israel, with all his heart: he

departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he made Israel

to sin.

³²In those days Jehovah began to cut off from Israel:

and Hazael smote them in all the borders of Israel; ³³from

the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and

the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the

valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. ³⁴Now 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 the

kings of Israel? ³⁵And Jehu slept with his fathers; and

they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his

stead. ³⁶And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in

Samaria was twenty and eight years.

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