Verse 18

2 Kings 10:18

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18 Then Jehu got all the people together and said to them, Ahab was Baal's servant in a small way, but Jehu will be his servant on a great scale.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּקְבֹּ֤ץ יֵהוּא֙ אֶת כָּל הָ/עָ֔ם וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵ/הֶ֔ם אַחְאָ֕ב עָבַ֥ד אֶת הַ/בַּ֖עַל מְעָ֑ט יֵה֖וּא יַעַבְדֶ֥/נּוּ הַרְבֵּֽה

English Translation

And Jehu gathered all the people and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much."

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Chapter 10 Context

1 Now there were in Samaria seventy of Ahab's sons. And Jehu sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of... Focus ↗

2 Straight away, when you get this letter, seeing that your master's sons are with you, and that you h... Focus ↗

3 Take the best and most upright of your master's sons, and make him king in his father's place, and p... Focus ↗

4 But they were full of fear, and said, The two kings have gone down before him: how may we keep our p... Focus ↗

5 So the controller of the king's house, with the ruler of the town, and the responsible men, and thos... Focus ↗

6 Then he sent them a second letter, saying, If you are on my side, and if you will do my orders, come... Focus ↗

7 And when the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and put them to death, all the seventy,... Focus ↗

8 And a man came and said to him, They have come with the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Put t... Focus ↗

9 And in the morning he went out and, stopping, said to all the people there, You are upright men: it... Focus ↗

10 You may be certain that nothing which the Lord has said about the family of Ahab will be without eff... Focus ↗

11 So Jehu put to death all the rest of the seed of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his relations and his near... Focus ↗

12 Then he got up and came to Samaria. And he was at the meeting-place of the keepers of sheep, by the... Focus ↗

13 When he came across the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah, and said, Who are you? And they said, We... Focus ↗

14 And he said, Take them living. So they took them living, and put them to death in the water-hole of... Focus ↗

15 And when he had gone away from there, he came across Jehonadab, the son of Rechab: and he said good-... Focus ↗

16 And he said, Come with me and see how I am on fire for the Lord's cause. So he made him go with him... Focus ↗

17 And when he came to Samaria, he put to death all those of Ahab's family who were still in Samaria, t... Focus ↗

18 Then Jehu got all the people together and said to them, Ahab was Baal's servant in a small way, but...

19 Now send for all the prophets of Baal and all his servants and all his priests, to come to me; let n... Focus ↗

20 And Jehu said, Let there be a special holy meeting for the worship of Baal. So a public statement wa... Focus ↗

21 And Jehu sent out through all Israel; and all the servants of Baal came, not one kept away. And they... Focus ↗

22 And Jehu said to him who kept the robes, Get out robes for all the servants of Baal. So he got out r... Focus ↗

23 And Jehu, with Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, went into the house of Baal; and he said to the servant... Focus ↗

24 Then they went in to make offerings and burned offerings. Now Jehu had put eighty men outside, and s... Focus ↗

25 Then when the burned offering was ended, straight away Jehu said to the armed men and the captains,... Focus ↗

26 And they took out the image of Asherah from the house of Baal, and had it burned. Focus ↗

27 The altar of Baal was pulled down and the house of Baal was broken up and made an unclean place, as... Focus ↗

28 So Jehu put an end to the worship of Baal in Israel. Focus ↗

29 But Jehu did not keep himself from all the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and the evil he made... Focus ↗

30 And the Lord said to Jehu, Because you have done well in doing what is right in my eyes and effectin... Focus ↗

31 But Jehu did not take care to keep the law of the Lord with all his heart: he did not keep himself f... Focus ↗

32 In those days the Lord was angry first with Israel; and Hazael made attacks on all the land of Israe... Focus ↗

33 East of Jordan, in all the land of Gilead, the Gadites and the Reubenites and the Manassites, from A... Focus ↗

34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all he did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the... Focus ↗

35 And Jehu went to rest with his fathers, and was put into the earth in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son... Focus ↗

36 And the time of Jehu's rule over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years. Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 10 (36 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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