2 Kings 10

1 There were seventy descendants of King Ahab who were living there in Samaria. Jehu wrote a letter [and made copies of it] and sent them to the rulers of the city, to the elders, and to those who raised and tutored Ahab’s children.

and to/for Ahab seventy son: child in/on/with Samaria and to write Jehu scroll: document and to send: depart Samaria to(wards) ruler Jezreel [the] old: elder and to(wards) [the] be faithful Ahab to/for to say

2 [This is what he wrote]: “You are the ones who are [taking care of] the king’s descendants. You have chariots and horses and weapons, and you live in cities that have walls around them. So as soon as you receive this letter,

and now (in/on/with to come (in): come *LB(ah)*) [the] scroll: document [the] this to(wards) you and with you son: child lord your and with you [the] chariot and [the] horse and city fortification and [the] weapon

3 choose one of the king’s sons, the one who is the best qualified, and appoint him to be your king. Then [prepare to] fight to defend him.”

and to see: select [the] pleasant and [the] upright from son: child lord your and to set: make upon throne father his and to fight upon house: household lord your

4 But [when they got those letters from Jehu and read them], they became very afraid. They said, “King Joram and King Ahaziah could not resist him; (how can we resist him?/we cannot possibly resist him!)” [RHQ]

and to fear much much and to say behold two [the] king not to stand: stand to/for face: before his and how? to stand: stand we

5 So the officer who was in charge of the palace and the mayor of the city sent a message to Jehu saying, “We want to serve you, and we are ready to do whatever you tell us to do. We will not appoint anyone to become our king. You do whatever you think is best.”

and to send: depart which upon [the] house: home and which upon [the] city and [the] old: elder and [the] be faithful to(wards) Jehu to/for to say servant/slave your we and all which to say to(wards) us to make: do not to reign man: anyone [the] pleasant in/on/with eye: appearance your to make: do

6 So Jehu sent a second letter to them, writing this: “If you (are on my side/want to help me), and if you are ready to obey me, [kill] King Ahab’s descendants [and cut off their heads and] bring their heads to me here in Jezreel at this time tomorrow.” The seventy descendants of King Ahab were being brought up and supervised by the leaders of [Samaria] city.

and to write to(wards) them scroll: document second to/for to say if to/for me you(m. p.) and to/for voice: message my you(m. p.) to hear: obey to take: take [obj] head human son: child lord your and to come (in): come to(wards) me like/as time tomorrow Jezreel [to] and son: child [the] king seventy man with great: large [the] city to magnify [obj] them

7 When they received the letter from Jehu, they killed all seventy of Ahab’s descendants and [cut off their heads]. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.

and to be like/as to come (in): come [the] scroll: document to(wards) them and to take: take [obj] son: child [the] king and to slaughter seventy man and to set: put [obj] head their in/on/with pot and to send: depart to(wards) him Jezreel [to]

8 A messenger came to Jehu and told him, “They have brought the heads of Ahab’s descendants.” So Jehu commanded that the heads should be put in two piles at the city gate and that the heads should stay there until the next morning.

and to come (in): come [the] messenger and to tell to/for him to/for to say to come (in): bring head son: child [the] king and to say to set: put [obj] them two heap entrance [the] gate till [the] morning

9 The next morning he went out [to the city gate] and said to all the people, “I am the one who plotted against King Joram and killed him. You are not guilty of doing that. But [it was Yahweh, not I] [RHQ] who [commanded that] all these [descendants of Ahab should be] killed.

and to be in/on/with morning and to come out: come and to stand: stand and to say to(wards) all [the] people righteous you(m. p.) behold I to conspire upon lord my and to kill him and who? to smite [obj] all these

10 So you need to know that everything that Yahweh said would happen has happened. He has caused to happen what he told the prophet Elijah would happen.”

to know then for not to fall: fall from word LORD land: country/planet [to] which to speak: speak LORD upon house: household Ahab and LORD to make: do [obj] which to speak: speak in/on/with hand: by servant/slave his Elijah

11 Then Jehu executed all the other relatives of Ahab in Jezreel, and all Ahab’s officers, and close friends, and his priests. He did not allow any of them to remain alive.

and to smite Jehu [obj] all [the] to remain to/for house: household Ahab in/on/with Jezreel and all great: large his and to know his and priest his till lest to remain to/for him survivor

12 Then Jehu left [Jezreel] and went toward Samaria. While he was going there, at a place called ‘Shepherds’ Camp’,

and to arise: rise and to come (in): come and to go: went Samaria he/she/it Beth-eked Beth-eked House of Shepherds in/on/with way: journey

13 he met some relatives of King Ahaziah of Judah. He asked them, “Who are you?” They replied, “We are relatives of King Ahaziah. We are going to Jezreel to visit the children of Queen Jezebel and the other members of King [Joram’s] family.”

and Jehu to find [obj] brother: male-relative Ahaziah king Judah and to say who? you(m. p.) and to say brother: male-relative Ahaziah we and to go down to/for peace: greeting son: child [the] king and son: child [the] queen

14 Jehu said to his men, “Seize them!” So they seized them and killed all of them at the pit named Beth-Eked. There were 42 people whom they killed; they did not allow any of them to remain alive.

and to say to capture them alive and to capture them alive and to slaughter them to(wards) pit Beth-eked Beth-eked forty and two man and not to remain man: anyone from them

15 Then Jehu [continued to travel toward Samaria]. Along the road, he was met by Jonadab, a leader of the Rechab clan. Jehu greeted him and said to him, “Are you as devoted to me [IDM] as I am devoted to you?” Jonadab replied, “Yes, I am.” Jehu said, “If you are, shake hands with me.” So Jonadab shook hands with him, and Jehu helped him to get into his chariot.

and to go: went from there and to find [obj] Jonadab son: child Rechab to/for to encounter: meet him and to bless him and to say to(wards) him there with heart your upright like/as as which heart my with heart your and to say Jonadab there and there to give: give [emph?] [obj] hand your and to give: give hand his and to ascend: rise him to(wards) him to(wards) [the] chariot

16 Jehu said to him, “Come with me, and you will see that I am very devoted to Yahweh.” So they rode together to Samaria.

and to say to go: come [emph?] with me and to see: see in/on/with jealousy my to/for LORD and to ride [obj] him in/on/with chariot his

17 When they arrived in Samaria, Jehu killed all of Ahab’s relatives who were still alive. He did not (spare any of them/allow any of them to remain alive). That was what Yahweh told Elijah would happen.

and to come (in): come Samaria and to smite [obj] all [the] to remain to/for Ahab in/on/with Samaria till to destroy him like/as word LORD which to speak: speak to(wards) Elijah

18 Then Jehu summoned all the people [of Samaria], and said to them, “King Ahab was devoted to [your god] Baal a little bit, but I will serve him much more.

and to gather Jehu [obj] all [the] people and to say to(wards) them Ahab to serve: minister [obj] [the] Baal little Jehu to serve: minister him to multiply

19 So now summon all the prophets of Baal, all of Baal’s priests, and all the others who worship Baal. I am going to make a great sacrifice to Baal. I want all of them to be there. Any of them who is not there will be executed.” But Jehu was planning to trick them; he was planning to kill all those who worshiped Baal.

and now all prophet [the] Baal all to serve: minister him and all priest his to call: call to to(wards) me man: anyone not to reckon: missing for sacrifice great: large to/for me to/for Baal all which to reckon: missing not to live and Jehu to make: do in/on/with cunning because to perish [obj] to serve: minister [the] Baal

20 Then Jehu commanded, “Announce that we are going to set aside a day to honor Baal.” So they did that.

and to say Jehu to consecrate: consecate assembly to/for Baal and to call: call out

21 Jehu [decided what day they would gather and] sent messages throughout Israel [telling everyone what day to gather on], and on that day, everyone who worshiped Baal came. No one stayed at home. They all went into the huge temple of Baal and filled it from one end to the other.

and to send: depart Jehu in/on/with all Israel and to come (in): come all to serve: minister [the] Baal and not to remain man: anyone which not to come (in): come and to come (in): come house: home [the] Baal and to fill house: home [the] Baal lip: edge to/for lip: edge

22 Jehu told the priest who took care of the sacred robes to bring them out and give them to the people who worshiped Baal. So the priest did that.

and to say to/for which upon [the] apparel to come out: send clothing to/for all to serve: minister [the] Baal and to come out: send to/for them [the] garment

23 Then Jehu went into the temple of Baal with Jonadab, and he said to the people who were there to worship Baal, “Be sure that only those who worship Baal are here. Be sure that no one who worships Yahweh has come in.”

and to come (in): come Jehu and Jonadab son: child Rechab house: home [the] Baal and to say to/for to serve: minister [the] Baal to search and to see: see lest there here with you from servant/slave LORD that if: except if: except to serve: minister [the] Baal to/for alone them

24 Then he and Jonadab prepared to offer sacrifices and other offerings to Baal that would be completely burned [on the altar that was there in Samaria]. But Jehu had stationed eighty of his men outside the temple, and had said to them, “I want you to kill all the people [who are in the temple]. Anyone who allows one of them to escape will be executed!”

and to come (in): come to/for to make: offer sacrifice and burnt offering and Jehu to set: put to/for him in/on/with outside eighty man and to say [the] man which to escape from [the] human which I to come (in): come upon hand: power your soul: life his underneath: instead soul: life his

25 As soon as Jehu [and Jonadab] had finished killing the animals that would be completely burned to be an offering to Baal, they [went outside and] said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill all of them! Do not allow any of them to escape!” So the guards and officers went in and killed them all with their swords. Then they dragged their corpses outside the temple. Then they went into the inner room of the temple,

and to be like/as to end: finish he to/for to make: offer [the] burnt offering and to say Jehu to/for to run: guard and to/for officer to come (in): come to smite them man: anyone not to come out: come and to smite them to/for lip: edge sword and to throw [the] to run: guard and [the] officer and to go: went till city house: home [the] Baal

26 and they carried out the sacred pillar of Baal that was there, and they burned it.

and to come out: send [obj] pillar house: home [the] Baal and to burn her

27 So they destroyed that pillar that honored Baal, and then they burned down the temple, and made it a public toilet. And it is still a toilet!

and to tear [obj] pillar [the] Baal and to tear [obj] house: home [the] Baal and to set: make him (to/for going forth *Q(K)*) till [the] day: today

28 That is how Jehu got rid of the worship of Baal in Israel.

and to destroy Jehu [obj] [the] Baal from Israel

29 But Jehu did not quit committing the kinds of sins that Jeroboam had committed, sins that led the people of Israel to sin by worshiping the gold [statues of] calves in Bethel and Dan [cities].

except sin Jeroboam son: child Nebat which to sin [obj] Israel not to turn aside: turn aside Jehu from after them calf [the] gold which Bethel Bethel and which in/on/with Dan

30 Then Yahweh said to Jehu, “You have done what pleased me by getting rid of all of Ahab’s descendants. So I promise you that your son and grandson and great-grandson and great-great-grandson will all be kings of Israel.”

and to say LORD to(wards) Jehu because which be pleasing to/for to make: do [the] upright in/on/with eye: appearance my like/as all which in/on/with heart my to make: do to/for house: household Ahab son: descendant/people fourth to dwell to/for you upon throne Israel

31 But Jehu did not obey all the laws of Yahweh, the God of the Israeli people. He did not stop committing the sins that Jeroboam had committed, sins that led the Israeli people to sin.

and Jehu not to keep: careful to/for to go: walk in/on/with instruction LORD God Israel in/on/with all heart his not to turn aside: turn aside from upon sin Jeroboam which to sin [obj] Israel

32 At that time, Yahweh began to cause the territory controlled by Israel to become smaller. [The army of] King Hazael [of Syria] conquered much of the Israeli territory.

in/on/with day [the] they(masc.) to profane/begin: begin LORD to/for to cut off in/on/with Israel and to smite them Hazael in/on/with all border: area Israel

33 He conquered the parts east of the Jordan [River], as far south as Aroer [town] on the Arnon [River]. That included [the] Gilead and Bashan [regions], where the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and half of the tribe of Manasseh lived.

from [the] Jordan east [the] sun [obj] all land: country/planet [the] Gilead [the] Gad and [the] Reubenite and [the] Manassite from Aroer which upon torrent: valley Arnon and [the] Gilead and [the] Bashan

34 [If you want to read more] about all the other things that Jehu did [RHQ], they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’.

and remainder word: deed Jehu and all which to make: do and all might his not they(masc.) to write upon scroll: book Chronicles [the] day to/for king Israel

35 Jehu died [EUP], and was buried in Samaria. His son Jehoahaz became the king in place of his father.

and to lie down: be dead Jehu with father his and to bury [obj] him in/on/with Samaria and to reign Jehoahaz son: child his underneath: instead him

36 Jehu had ruled in Samaria as the king of Israel for twenty-eight years.

and [the] day which to reign Jehu upon Israel twenty and eight year in/on/with Samaria