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But they were full of fear, and said, The two kings have gone down before him: how may we keep our place?

וְאֵ֖יךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

So the controller of the king's house, with the ruler of the town, and the responsible men, and those who had the care of Ahab's sons, sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants and will do all your orders; we will not make any man king; do whatever seem

וַאֲשֶׁ֪ר (וַ) va. “and”וְהַזְּקֵנִים֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאֹמְנִ֨ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְכֹ֛ל (וְ) ve. “and”

Then he sent them a second letter, saying, If you are on my side, and if you will do my orders, come to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow, with the heads of your master's sons. Now the king's seventy sons were with the great men of the town, who had th

וּלְקֹלִ֣י׀ (וּ) u. “and”וּבֹ֧אוּ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְנֵ֤י (וּ) u. “and”

And in the morning he went out and, stopping, said to all the people there, You are upright men: it is true that I made designs against my master, and put him to death; but who is responsible for the death of all these?

וּמִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

You may be certain that nothing which the Lord has said about the family of Ahab will be without effect; for the Lord has done what he said by his servant Elijah.

וַיהוָ֣ה (וַ) va. “and”

So Jehu put to death all the rest of the seed of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his relations and his near friends and his priests, till there were no more of them.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמְיֻדָּעָ֣יו (וּ) u. “and”וְכֹהֲנָ֑יו (וְ) ve. “and”

When he came across the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah, and said, Who are you? And they said, We are the brothers of Ahaziah, king of Judah; we are going down to see the children of the king and of the queen.

וְיֵה֗וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And he said, Take them living. So they took them living, and put them to death in the water-hole of Beth-eked; of the forty-two men he put every one to death;

וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when he had gone away from there, he came across Jehonadab, the son of Rechab: and he said good-day to him, and said to him, Is your heart true to mine, as mine is to yours? And Jehonadab in answer said, It is; and Jehu said, If it is, give me your h

וָיֵ֖שׁ (וָ) va. “and”

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 in his carriage.

וּרְאֵ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

Now send for all the prophets of Baal and all his servants and all his priests, to come to me; let no one keep away: for I have a great offering to make to Baal; anyone who is not present, will be put to death. This Jehu did with deceit, his purpose bein

וְעַתָּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֵהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jehu sent out through all Israel; and all the servants of Baal came, not one kept away. And they came into the house of Baal, so that it was full from end to end.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jehu, with Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, went into the house of Baal; and he said to the servants of Baal, Make a search with care, to see that no servant of the Lord is with you, but only servants of Baal.

וִיהוֹנָדָ֥ב (וִ) vi. “and”וּרְאוּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”

Then they went in to make offerings and burned offerings. Now Jehu had put eighty men outside, and said to them, If any man whom I give into your hands gets away, the life of him who lets him go will be the price of his life.

וְעֹל֑וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֵה֞וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

Then when the burned offering was ended, straight away Jehu said to the armed men and the captains, Go in and put them to death; let not one come out. So they put them to the sword; and, pulling the images to the earth, they went into the holy place of t

וְלַשָּׁלִשִׁ֜ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַשָּׁ֣לִשִׁ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

But Jehu did not keep himself from all the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and the evil he made Israel do; the gold oxen were still in Beth-el and in Dan.

וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

But Jehu did not take care to keep the law of the Lord with all his heart: he did not keep himself from the sin which Jeroboam did and made Israel do.

וְיֵה֗וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

East of Jordan, in all the land of Gilead, the Gadites and the Reubenites and the Manassites, from Aroer by the valley of the Arnon, all Gilead and Bashan.

וְהָרֻאובֵנִ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַֽמְנַשִּׁ֑י (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגִּלְעָ֖ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַבָּשָֽׁן׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all he did, and his great power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?

וְיֶ֨תֶר (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְהַיָּמִ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמֹנֶֽה־ (וּ) u. “and”

Now when Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she had all the rest of the seed of the kingdom put to death.

וַֽעֲתַלְיָה֙ (וַֽ) va. “and”

But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, secretly took Joash, the son of Ahaziah, with the woman who took care of him, away from among the king's sons who were put to death, and put him in the bedroom; and they kept him safe from Ath

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And for six years she kept him safe in the house of the Lord, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.

וַעֲתַלְיָ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”

Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the captains of hundreds of the Carians, and the armed men, and taking them into the house of the Lord, made an agreement with them, and made them take an oath in the house of the Lord, and let them see the kin

וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”וְלָ֣רָצִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And he gave them orders, saying, This is what you are to do: the third part of you, who come in on the Sabbath and keep the watch of the king's house,

וְשֹׁ֣מְרֵ֔י (וְ) ve. “and”