2Ki 10 | EngLXX | STEP | And Achaab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Ju wrote a letter, and sent it into Samaria to the rulersof Samaria, and to the elders, and to the guardians of the children of Achaab, saying.

‏ 2 Kings 10

1 And Achaabhad seventy sons in Samaria. And Ju wrote a letter, and sent it into Samaria to the rulersof Samaria, and to the elders, and to the guardians ofthe children of Achaab, saying. 2 Now then, as soon as this letter shall have reached you, whereasthere are with you the sons of your master, and with you chariots and horses, and strong cities,and arms, 3 do you⌃ accordingly look out the best and fit among your master's sons, and set him onthe throne of his father, and fight for the house of your master. 4 And they feared greatly, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: and how shallwe stand? 5 So they that were over the house, and they that were over the city, and the elders andthe guardians, sent to Ju, saying, We alsoare your servants, and whatever you shall say to us we will do; we will not makeany man king: we will do that which is right in your eyes. 6 And Ju wrote them a second letter, saying, If you⌃are for me, and hearken to my voice, take the heads of the men your master's sons, and bringthem to me at this time to-morrow in Jezrael. Now the sons of the king were seventy men; thesegreat men of the city brought them up. 7 And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, andkilled them,even seventy men, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him at Jezrael. 8 And a messenger came and toldhim, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay themin two heaps by the door of the gate until the morning. 9 And the morning came, and he went forth, and stood, and said to all the people, You⌃ arerighteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and killed him: but who killed all these? 10 See now that there shall not fall to the ground anything of the word of the Lord whichthe Lord spoke against the house of Achaab: for the Lord has performed all that he spoke of by the handof his servant Eliu. 11 And Ju struck all that were left of the house of Achaab in Jezrael, and all his greatmen, and his acquaintance, and his priests, so as not to leave himany remnant. 12 And he arose and went to Samaria,and hewas in the house of sheep-shearing in the way. 13 And Ju found the brethren of Ochozias king of Juda, and said, Whoare you⌃? And they said, Weare the brethren of Ochozias, and we have come down to salute the sons of the king, and thesons of the queen. 14 And he said, Take them alive. And they killed them at the shearing-house, forty and twomen: he left not a man of them. 15 And he went thence and found Jonadab the son of Rechabcoming to meet him; and he saluted him, and Ju said to him, Is your heart right with my heart,as my heartis with your heart? And Jonadab said, It is. And Ju said, If it is then, give me your hand.And he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot. 16 And he said to him, Come with me, and see me zealous for the Lord. And he caused himto sit in his chariot. 17 And he entered into Samaria, and struck all that were left of Achaab in Samaria, untilhe had utterly destroyed him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Eliu. 18 And Ju gathered all the people, and said to them, Achaab served Baal a little; Ju shallserve him much. 19 Now then do allyou⌃ the prophets of Baal call all his servants and his priests to me; let not a man be lacking:for I have a great sacrificeto offer to Baal; every one who shall be missing shall die. But Ju did it in subtilty, thathe might destroy the servants of Baal. 20 And Ju said, Sanctify a solemn festival to Baal, and they made a proclamation. 21 And Ju sent throughout all Israel, saying, Now then let allBaal's servants, and all his priests, and all his prophetscome, let none be lacking: for I am going to offer a great sacrifice; whoever shall be missing,shall not live. So all the servants of Baal came, and all his priests, and all his prophets: there wasnot one left who came not. And they entered into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was filled fromone end to the other. 22 And he said to the man who was over the house of the wardrobe, Bring forth a robe forall the servants of Baal. And the keeper of the robes brought forth to them. 23 And Ju and Jonadab the son of Rechab entered into the house of Baal, and said to theservants of Baal, Search, and see whether there is among you any of the servants of the Lord, or onlythe servants of Baal, by themselves. 24 And he went in to offer sacrifices and whole burnt offerings; and Ju set for himselfeighty men without, and said, Every man who shall escape of the men whom I bring into your hand, the lifeof himthat spares him shall go for his life. 25 And it came to pass, when he had finished offering the whole burnt offering, that Jusaid to the footmen and to the officers, Go you⌃ in and kill them; let not a man of them escape. So theystruck them with the edge of the sword, and the footmen and the officers castthe bodies forth, and went to the city of the house of Baal. 26 And they brought out the pillar of Baal, and burnt it. 27 And they tore down the pillars of Baal, and made his house a draught-house until thisday. 28 So Ju abolished Baal out of Israel. 29 Nevertheless Ju departed not from following the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, wholed Israel to sin:these were the golden heifers in Baethel and in Dan. 30 And the Lord said to Ju, Because of all your deeds wherein you have acted well in doingthat which was right in my eyes, according to all things which you have done to the house of Achaabas they were in my heart, your sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel. 31 But Ju took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart:he departed not from following the sins of Jeroboam, who made Israel to sin. 32 In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short; and Azael struck them in every coastof Israel; 33 from Jordan eastward all the land of Galaad belonging to the Gadites, of Gaddi and thatof Ruben, and of Manasses, from Aroer, which is on the brink of the brook of Arnon, and Galaad and Basan. 34 And the rest of the acts of Ju, and all that he did, and all his might, and the warswherein he engaged,are not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 35 And Ju slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joachaz his son reignedin his stead. 36 And the days which Ju reigned over Israelwere twenty-eight years in Samaria.