2 Kings 10

Jehu sends an ironical letter to the elders of Samaria, telling them to choose one of the best of their master's sons, and put him on the throne; to which they return a submissive answer, 2 Kings 10:1-6 . He writes a second letter, and orders them to send him the heads of Ahab's seventy sons; they do so, and they are laid in two heaps at the gate of Jezreel, 2 Kings 10:7 , 2 Kings 10:8 . Jehu shows them to the people, and excuses himself, and states that all is done according to the word of the Lord, 2 Kings 10:9 , 2 Kings 10:10 . He destroys all the kindred of Ahab that remained in Jezreel, 2 Kings 10:11 . He also destroys forty-two men, the brethren of Ahaziah, king of Judah, 2 Kings 10:12-14 . He meets with Jehonadab, and takes him with him in his chariot, 2 Kings 10:15 , 2 Kings 10:16 . He comes to Samaria, and destroys all that were of the kindred of Ahab there, 2 Kings 10:17 . He pretends a great zeal for the worship of Baal, and gathers all his priests together, under the pretense of a grand sacrifice, and slays them all, 2 Kings 10:18-25 . He burns Baal's images, and makes his temple a draught house, 2 Kings 10:26-28 . But he does not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, and does not prosper, 2 Kings 10:29-31 . Hazael vexes Israel, 2 Kings 10:32 , 2 Kings 10:33 . Jehu dies, having reigned over Israel, in Samaria, twenty-eight years, 2 Kings 10:34-36 .