him, and caused him to go up in the chariot unto Gur, which is by Jeblaam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

And his servants brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.

And Ahaziah reigned over Judah in the eleventh year of Jehoram the son of Ahab.

And it came to pass, when Jehu was come to Jezreel, that when Jezebel heard of it, she made up her face, and decked her head, and looked out at the window.

And when Jehu was come under the gate, she said: Is Zimri well, who slew his master?

And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is here with me? and two or three eunuchs turned unto him.

And he said, Cast her down. And they cast her down, and the wall and the horses were sprinkled with her blood: and she was trodden down.

And when he was come in, and had eaten and drunk, he said, Behold the accursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king’s daughter.

And when they went to bury her, they found nothing of her but the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

And they came again, and told him. And he said, It is this that the LORD spake by Elijah his servant the Hibite, saying, In the field of Jezreel shall the dogs of Jezebel eat flesh.

So the carcase of Jezebel was as the dung of the field in the field of Jezreel, that it could not be said: This is Jezebel.
(2 Kings)
Chapter 10
Extermination of the family of Ahab and the Baal apes.

And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent them to Samaria unto the rulers of the city of Jezreel, unto the elders and guardians of Ahab, saying thus: 2. When this letter cometh unto you, with whom your lord’s sons are, chariots, horses, strong cities, and armour,

Then see which of your lord’s is the best and the most skillful, and set him in his father’s seat, and fight for your lord’s house.

And they were almost afraid, and said, Behold, two kings have not stood before him: how then shall we stand?

And they that were over the house, and over the city, and the elders, and the guardians, sent unto Jehu, saying, We are thy servants; we will do all that thou sayest unto us; we will make no man king. Do what pleases thee!

And he wrote another letter unto them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye hearken unto my voice, take the heads of the men that are your lord’s sons, and bring them unto me to Jezreel to morrow about this time. (Now the king’s sons were seventy men, and the greatest of the city brought them up).

And when the letter came unto them, they took the king’s sons, and slew seventy men, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them unto him to Jezreel.

And when the messenger came and told him, saying, They have brought the king’s children’s heads, he said, Lay them in two heaps at the door of the gate until to morrow.

And it came to pass in the morning, when he was gone out, that he stood and said unto all the people, Ye are right. Behold, have I made a covenant against my lord, and slain him? Who then hath smitten all these?

Ye know therefore that there fell not a word of the LORD upon the earth, which the LORD
spake against the house of Ahab: and the LORD did as he spake by his servant Elijah.

So Jehu smote all the remnant of the house of Ahab that was in Jezreel, all his great men, and his kinsmen, and his priests, until not one remained unto him.

And he arose, and went, and came to Samaria. And there was a shepherd’s house by the way.

And Jehu met the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they said: We are the brethren of Ahaziah, and go down to salute the king’s children, and the queen’s children.

And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the well by the shepherd’s house, forty and two men, and left not one of them.

And as he departed thence, he found Jonadab the son of Rechab meeting him, and greeted him, and said unto him, Is thy heart right, as my heart is right with thy heart? And Jonadab said, Yea. If it be so, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand. And he made him sit with him in the chariot.

And said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. And they led him with him in his chariot.

And when he was come to Samaria, he smote all that remained of Ahab in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of the LORD which he spake unto Elijah.

And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab hath served Baal little; Jehu will serve him much.

Now therefore let all the prophets of Baal, and all his servants, and all his priests, cry unto me, that no man miss: for I have a great sacrifice to make unto Baal. Whomsoever shall be missed, he shall not live. But Jehu did this to put an end to the servants of Baal.

And Jehu said, Sanctify the feast unto Baal, and let it be proclaimed.

And Jehu sent throughout all Israel, and called for all the servants of Baal, that there should not be left any that should not come. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was filled at every end.

Then said he unto them that were over the house of garments: Bring out all the servants of Baal’s garments. And they brought forth the garments.

And Jehu went into the church of Baal with Jonadab the son of Rechab, and said unto the servants of Baal, Search ye, and see that there be no servant of the LORD here among you, but Baal’s servant only.

And when they were come in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed him fourscore men without, saying, If any of the men which I shall put in your hand escape, his soul shall be for his soul.

And it came to pass, when he had finished the burnt offerings, that Jehu said unto the guard and to the knights, Go in, smite every man, and let no man go out. And they smote them with the edge of the sword. And the satellites and the knights cast them away, and went to the city of the church of Baal.

And they brought out the pillars of the church of Baal, and burned them.

And they brake down the pillar of Baal, and the church of Baal, and made it a secret chamber unto this day.

So Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

But of the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin, Jehu left not, of the calves of gold that were in Bethel, and in Dan.

And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast been willing to do that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done in the house of Ahab all that was in mine heart, let thy children sit on thy throne of Israel unto the fourth generation.

But Jehu kept not the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, who had made Israel to sin.

At that time the LORD began to be weary of Israel: for Hazael smote them throughout all the coasts of Israel,

From Jordan toward the rising of the sun, and all the land of Gilead, of the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river near Arnon, and Gilead, and Bashan.

And the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

And Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.

And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.
(2 Kings)
Chapter 11
Athaliah’s tyranny. Joas’ coronation.

And Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah, when she saw that her son was dead, arose and destroyed all the seed of the king.

And Jehosheba the daughter of king Jehoram, Ahaziah’s sister, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him out of the king’s children that were slain, with his nurse in the bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, that he should not be slain.

And he was hid with her in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah was queen of the
land.

And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent, and took the captains of hundreds, and the captains of the guard, and brought them unto him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king’s son.

And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do, that the third part of you which go in on the sabbath day shall keep the watch in the king’s house; 6. And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur, and a third part at the gate that is behind the satellites: and the guard shall be at the house of Massa.

But two parts of you all, which depart on the sabbath day,