1 erant autem Ahab septuaginta filii in Samaria
scripsit ergo Hieu litteras et misit in Samariam ad optimates civitatis
et ad maiores natu et ad nutricios Ahab dicens
2 statim ut acceperitis litteras has
qui habetis filios domini vestri
et currus et equos et civitates firmas et arma
3 eligite meliorem et eum qui vobis placuerit de filiis domini vestri
et ponite eum super solium patris sui
et pugnate pro domo domini vestri
4 timuerunt illi vehementer et dixerunt
ecce duo reges non potuerunt stare coram eo
et quomodo nos valebimus resistere
5 miserunt ergo praepositus domus
et praefectus civitatis et maiores natu et nutricii
ad Hieu dicentes
servi tui sumus quaecumque iusseris faciemus
nec constituemus regem
quodcumque tibi placet fac
6 rescripsit autem eis litteras secundo dicens
si mei estis et oboeditis mihi tollite capita filiorum domini vestri
et venite ad me hac eadem hora cras in Hiezrahel
porro filii regis septuaginta viri apud optimates civitatis nutriebantur
7 cumque venissent litterae ad eos
tulerunt filios regis et occiderunt septuaginta viros
et posuerunt capita eorum in cofinis
et miserunt ad eum in Hiezrahel
8 venit autem nuntius et indicavit ei dicens
adtulerunt capita filiorum regis
qui respondit ponite ea duos acervos
iuxta introitum portae usque mane
9 cumque diluxisset egressus est et stans dixit ad omnem populum
iusti estis si ego coniuravi contra dominum meum et interfeci eum
quis percussit omnes hos
10 videte ergo nunc quoniam non cecidit de sermonibus Domini in terram
quos locutus est Dominus super domum Ahab
et Dominus fecit quod locutus est in manu servi sui Heliae
11 percussit igitur Hieu omnes
qui reliqui erant de domo Ahab in Hiezrahel
et universos optimates eius et notos et sacerdotes
donec non remanerent ex eo reliquiae
12 et surrexit et venit in Samariam
cumque venisset ad Camaram pastorum in via
13 invenit fratres Ahaziae regis Iuda
dixitque ad eos quinam estis vos
at illi responderunt fratres Ahaziae sumus
et descendimus ad salutandos filios regis et filios reginae
14 qui ait conprehendite eos vivos
quos cum conprehendissent vivos
iugulaverunt eos in cisterna iuxta Camaram
quadraginta duos viros
et non reliquit ex eis quemquam
15 cumque abisset inde
invenit Ionadab filium Rechab in occursum sibi et benedixit ei
et ait ad eum
numquid est cor tuum rectum sicut cor meum cum corde tuo
et ait Ionadab est
si est inquit da manum tuam
qui dedit manum suam
at ille levavit eum ad se in curru
16 dixitque ad eum
veni mecum et vide zelum meum pro Domino
et inpositum currui suo
17 duxit in Samariam
et percussit omnes qui reliqui fuerant de Ahab in
Samaria usque ad unum
iuxta verbum Domini quod locutus est per Heliam
18 congregavit ergo Hieu omnem populum et dixit ad eos
Ahab coluit Baal parum ego autem colam eum amplius
19 nunc igitur omnes prophetas Baal et universos servos eius
et cunctos sacerdotes ipsius vocate ad me
nullus sit qui non veniat
sacrificium enim grande est mihi Baal
quicumque defuerit non vivet
porro Hieu faciebat hoc insidiose ut disperderet cultores Baal
20 dixit sanctificate diem sollemnem Baal
vocavitque
21 et misit in universos terminos Israhel
et venerunt cuncti servi Baal
non fuit residuus ne unus quidem qui non veniret
et ingressi sunt templum Baal
et repleta est domus Baal a summo usque ad summum
22 dixitque his qui erant super vestes
proferte vestimenta universis servis Baal
et protulerunt eis vestes
23 ingressusque Hieu et Ionadab filius Rechab templum Baal
et ait cultoribus Baal
perquirite et videte ne quis forte vobiscum sit de servis Domini
sed ut sint soli servi Baal
24 ingressi sunt igitur ut facerent victimas et holocausta
Hieu autem praeparaverat sibi foris octoginta viros et
dixerat eis
quicumque fugerit de hominibus his
quos ego adduxero in manus vestras
anima eius erit pro anima illius
25 factum est ergo cum conpletum esset holocaustum
praecepit Hieu militibus et ducibus suis
ingredimini et percutite eos nullus evadat
percusseruntque eos ore gladii et proiecerunt
milites et duces
et ierunt in civitatem templi Baal
26 et protulerunt statuam de fano Baal
et conbuserunt
27 et comminuerunt eam
destruxerunt quoque aedem Baal
et fecerunt pro ea latrinas usque ad diem hanc
28 delevit itaque Hieu Baal de Israhel
29 verumtamen a peccatis Hieroboam filii Nabath qui peccare fecerat Israhel non recessit
nec dereliquit vitulos aureos qui erant in Bethel et in Dan
30 dixit autem Dominus ad Hieu
quia studiose fecisti quod rectum erat et placebat in
oculis meis
et omnia quae erant in corde meo fecisti contra domum Ahab
filii tui usque ad quartam generationem sedebunt super thronum Israhel
31 porro Hieu non custodivit
ut ambularet in lege Domini Dei Israhel in toto corde suo
non enim recessit a peccatis Hieroboam qui peccare fecerat Israhel
32 in diebus illis coepit Dominus taedere super Israhel
percussitque eos Azahel in universis finibus Israhel
33 a Iordane contra orientalem plagam
omnem terram Galaad et Gad et Ruben et Manasse
ab Aroer quae est super torrentem Arnon et Galaad et Basan
34 reliqua autem verborum Hieu et universa quae fecit et fortitudo eius
nonne haec scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Israhel
35 et dormivit Hieu cum patribus suis sepelieruntque eum in Samaria
et regnavit Ioachaz filius eius pro eo
36 dies autem quos regnavit Hieu super Israhel
viginti et octo anni sunt in Samaria
1 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab’s children , saying, 2 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 fenced city also, and armour; 3 Look even 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. 4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand? 5 And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children , sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes. 6 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, 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, which brought them up. 7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.
8 ¶ And 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 entering in of the gate until the morning. 9 And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these? 10 Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah. 11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
12 ¶ And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way, 13 Jehu 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. 14 And 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.
15 ¶ And 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 thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot. 16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot. 17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake 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 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, 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 subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. 20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it . 21 And 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 full from one end to another. 22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. 23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only. 24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go , his life shall be for the life of him. 25 And 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. 26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. 27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day. 28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.
29 ¶ Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who 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. 30 And the LORD 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 mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel. 31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.
32 ¶ In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel; 33 From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even 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 the kings 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 time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.