4. Krallar 10

¹Ahab ın Samiriye de yetmiş oğlu vardı; Yehu bir mektup yazarak Samiriye deki yöneticilere, ihtiyarlara ve Ahab ın oğullarının eğiticilerine gönderdi ve şöyle dedi:

²Şimdi bu mektup size ulaştığında, efendinizin oğulları sizinle birliktedir; savaş arabası, atlar, surlu kentler ve silahlar da yanınızdadır.

³Efendinizin oğulları arasından en iyi ve en doğru olanını seçip babasının tahtına oturtun ve efendinizin hanedanı uğruna savaşın.

⁴Fakat onlar çok korktular ve, İşte, iki kral onun önünde duramadı, biz nasıl ayakta kalabiliriz? dediler.

⁵Bunun üzerine saray sorumluları, kent yöneticileri, ihtiyarlar ve eğiticiler Yehu ya şu haberi gönderdiler: Bizler senin kullarınız; bize ne söylersen yapacağız, hiçbir adamı kral yapmayacağız ve senin gözünde iyi olan neyse onu yerine getireceğiz.

⁶Yehu onlara ikinci bir mektup yazdı: Eğer benden yanaysanız ve sözümü dinliyorsanız, efendinizin oğullarının başlarını alın ve yarın bu saatlerde Yizreel e, bana getirin. Kralın oğulları yetmiş kişiydi ve kentin ileri gelenleri onları büyütüyordu.

⁷Mektup onlara ulaştığında, kralın yetmiş oğlunu yakalayıp boğazladılar; başlarını sepetlere koyup Yizreel e, Yehu ya gönderdiler.

⁸Bir haberci gelip ona, Kralın oğullarının başlarını getirdiler diye haber verdi; Yehu da, Onları sabaha kadar kent kapısının girişinde iki yığın halinde koyun dedi.

⁹Sabah olunca Yehu dışarı çıkıp kent kapısında durdu ve bütün halka şöyle dedi: Sizler suçsuzsunuz; işte ben efendime karşı komplo kurup onu öldürdüm, peki bütün bunları kim öldürdü?

¹⁰Şimdi bilin ki, Rab bin Ahab soyuna karşı söylediği sözlerden hiçbiri boşa çıkıp yere düşmeyecektir; Rab, kulu İlyas aracılığıyla söylediği her şeyi yerine getirmiştir.

¹¹Böylece Yehu, Ahab soyundan Yizreel de geri kalanların hepsini, bütün ileri gelenlerini, yakın dostlarını ve kâhinlerini öldürdü; onlardan geriye tek bir sağ kalan bırakmadı.

¹²Sonra yola çıkıp Samiriye ye doğru gitti; yol üzerindeki çobanların Beyt-Eked denilen yerindeyken,

¹³Yehu, Yahuda Kralı Ahazya nın kardeşleriyle karşılaştı ve, Siz kimsiniz? diye sordu; onlar da, Biz Ahazya nın kardeşleriyiz; kralın oğullarını ve ana kraliçenin oğullarını selamlamaya gidiyoruz dediler.

¹⁴Yehu, Onları canlı yakalayın! dedi; onları canlı yakalayıp Beyt-Eked de boğazladılar; kırk iki kişiydiler, onlardan tek bir adam bile sağ bırakmadı.

¹⁵Oradan ayrıldı ve yolda kendisini karşılamaya gelen Rekav oğlu Yonadav ile karşılaştı; onu selamladı ve ona, Benim yüreğim senin yüreğine karşı dürüst olduğu gibi, senin yüreğin de benim yüreğime karşı dürüst mü? dedi; Yonadav, Evet, dürüsttür deyince Yehu, Öyleyse elini ver dedi; Yonadav elini verdi, Yehu da onu yanına, savaş arabasına bindirdi.

¹⁶Ona, Benimle gel ve Orduların Rabbi için duyduğum gayreti gör dedi; böylece onu kendi savaş arabasına oturttu.

¹⁷Samiriye ye varınca, Rab bin İlyas a söylediği söze uygun olarak, Ahab soyunu tamamen yok edene dek Samiriye de onlardan geri kalanların hepsini öldürdü.

¹⁸Sonra Yehu bütün halkı toplayıp onlara şöyle dedi: Ahab Baal e az kulluk etti, ama Yehu ona çok kulluk edecek.

¹⁹Şimdi Baal in bütün peygamberlerini, bütün kullarını ve kâhinlerini bana çağırın, hiç kimse eksik olmasın; çünkü Baal e büyük bir kurban sunacağım, eksik olan hiç kimse yaşamayacak; oysa Yehu bunu, Baal in kullarını yok etmek için kurnazlıkla yapıyordu.

²⁰Yehu, Baal için kutsal bir tören ilan edin dedi; onlar da bunu ilan ettiler.

²¹Yehu bütün İsrail e haber göndererek şöyle dedi: Şimdi Baal in bütün kulları, kâhinleri ve peygamberleri gelsin, kimse eksik kalmasın; çünkü büyük bir kurban sunacağım, eksik kalan yaşamayacak; böylece Baal in bütün kulları, kâhinleri ve peygamberleri geldi, gelmeyen tek bir kişi bile kalmadı; Baal in tapınağına girdiler ve tapınak uçtan uca doldu.

²²Yehu giysi odasından sorumlu olan mestheal e, Baal in bütün kulları için giysiler çıkar dedi; giysi sorumlusu da onlara giysileri çıkardı.

²³Yehu ile Rekav oğlu Yonadav Baal in tapınağına girdiler; Yehu, Baal in kullarına, Araştırın ve bakın; aranızda Rab bin kullarından kimse var mı, yoksa sadece Baal in kulları mı var? dedi.

²⁴Kurbanları ve yakmalık sunuları sunmak için içeri girdiler; Yehu dışarıda seksen adam görevlendirmiş ve onlara, Elinize teslim ettiğim bu adamlardan biri bile kaçıp kurtulursa, onun canına karşılık sizin canınız gidecektir demişti.

²⁵Yakmalık sunuyu sunmayı bitirince Yehu, muhafızlara ve subaylara, İçeri girip onları öldürün, hiçbiri kaçıp kurtulmasın! dedi; onları kılıçtan geçirdiler, muhafızlar ve subaylar cesetleri dışarı attılar ve Baal tapınağının iç odasına kadar ilerlediler.

²⁶Baal tapınağının dikili taşını dışarı çıkarıp yaktılar.

²⁷Baal in dikili taşlarını parçaladılar, tapınağını yıktılar ve burayı bugüne dek helâ olarak kullandılar.

²⁸Böylece Yehu, Baal tapınımını İsrail den temizledi.

²⁹Ancak Yehu, Beytel ve Dan daki altın buzağılara taparak İsrail i günaha sürükleyen Nebat oğlu Yarovam ın günahlarından vazgeçmedi.

³⁰Rab Yehu ya şöyle dedi: Gözümde doğru olanı yapmakta iyi davrandığın ve Ahab soyuna yüreğimdeki her şeyi uyguladığın için, oğulların dördüncü kuşağa dek İsrail tahtına oturacaktır.

³¹Ama Yehu, İsrail in Tanrısı Rab bin yasasına bütün yüreğiyle uymaya dikkat etmedi; İsrail i günaha sürükleyen Yarovam ın günahlarından vazgeçmedi.

³²O günlerde Rab, İsrail topraklarını küçültmeye başladı; Hazael, İsrail in bütün sınır boylarında onları yenilgiye uğrattı;

³³Şeria Irmağı nın doğusundan başlayarak, Arnon Vadisi nin kıyısındaki Aroer den Gilat ve Başan a kadar Gadlıların, Rubenlilerin ve Manaşşelilerin toprakları olan bütün Gilat ülkesini ele geçirdi.

³⁴Yehu nun yaptığı diğer işler, bütün yaptıkları, gücü ve yaptığı ittifaklar İsrail krallarının tarihinde yazılı değil midir?

³⁵Yehu ölüp atalarına kavuştu ve onu Samiriye de gömdüler; yerine oğlu Yehoahaz kral oldu.

³⁶Yehu nun Samiriye de İsrail e krallık yaptığı süre yirmi sekiz yıldı.

¹Καὶ τῷ Αχααβ ἑβδομήκοντα υἱοὶ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ. καὶ ἔγραψεν Ιου βιβλίον καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ πρὸς τοὺς ἄρχοντας Σαμαρείας καὶ πρὸς τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους καὶ πρὸς τοὺς τιθηνοὺς υἱῶν Αχααβ λέγων

²Καὶ νῦν ὡς ἐὰν ἔλθῃ τὸ βιβλίον τοῦτο πρὸς ὑμᾶς, μεθ’ ὑμῶν οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ κυρίου ὑμῶν καὶ μεθ’ ὑμῶν τὸ ἅρμα καὶ οἱ ἵπποι καὶ πόλεις ὀχυραὶ καὶ τὰ ὅπλα,

³καὶ ὄψεσθε τὸν ἀγαθὸν καὶ τὸν εὐθῆ ἐν τοῖς υἱοῖς τοῦ κυρίου ὑμῶν καὶ καταστήσετε αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸν θρόνον τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ πολεμεῖτε ὑπὲρ τοῦ οἴκου τοῦ κυρίου ὑμῶν.

⁴καὶ ἐφοβήθησαν σφόδρα καὶ εἶπον Ἰδοὺ οἱ δύο βασιλεῖς οὐκ ἔστησαν κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, καὶ πῶς στησόμεθα ἡμεῖς;

⁵καὶ ἀπέστειλαν οἱ ἐπὶ τοῦ οἴκου καὶ οἱ ἐπὶ τῆς πόλεως καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι καὶ οἱ τιθηνοὶ πρὸς Ιου λέγοντες Παῖδές σου ἡμεῖς, καὶ ὅσα ἐὰν εἴπῃς πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ποιήσομεν· οὐ βασιλεύσομεν ἄνδρα, τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου ποιήσομεν.

⁶καὶ ἔγραψεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς βιβλίον δεύτερον λέγων Εἰ ἐμοὶ ὑμεῖς καὶ τῆς φωνῆς μου ὑμεῖς εἰσακούετε, λάβετε τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀνδρῶν τῶν υἱῶν τοῦ κυρίου ὑμῶν καὶ ἐνέγκατε πρός με ὡς ἡ ὥρα αὔριον εἰς Ιεζραελ. καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ βασιλέως ἦσαν ἑβδομήκοντα ἄνδρες· οὗτοι ἁδροὶ τῆς πόλεως ἐξέτρεφον αὐτούς.

⁷καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς ἦλθεν τὸ βιβλίον πρὸς αὐτούς, καὶ ἔλαβον τοὺς υἱοὺς τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἔσφαξαν αὐτούς, ἑβδομήκοντα ἄνδρας, καὶ ἔθηκαν τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν ἐν καρτάλλοις καὶ ἀπέστειλαν αὐτὰς πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰς Ιεζραελ.

⁸καὶ ἦλθεν ὁ ἄγγελος καὶ ἀπήγγειλεν λέγων Ἤνεγκαν τὰς κεφαλὰς τῶν υἱῶν τοῦ βασιλέως· καὶ εἶπεν Θέτε αὐτὰς βουνοὺς δύο παρὰ τὴν θύραν τῆς πύλης εἰς πρωί.

⁹καὶ ἐγένετο πρωῒ καὶ ἐξῆλθεν καὶ ἔστη ἐν τῷ πυλῶνι τῆς πόλεως καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς πάντα τὸν λαόν Δίκαιοι ὑμεῖς, ἰδοὺ ἐγώ εἰμι συνεστράφην ἐπὶ τὸν κύριόν μου καὶ ἀπέκτεινα αὐτόν· καὶ τίς ἐπάταξεν πάντας τούτους;

¹⁰ἴδετε αφφω ὅτι οὐ πεσεῖται ἀπὸ τοῦ ῥήματος κυρίου εἰς τὴν γῆν, οὗ ἐλάλησεν κύριος ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον Αχααβ· καὶ κύριος ἐποίησεν ὅσα ἐλάλησεν ἐν χειρὶ δούλου αὐτοῦ Ηλιου. –

¹¹καὶ ἐπάταξεν Ιου πάντας τοὺς καταλειφθέντας ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ Αχααβ ἐν Ιεζραελ καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἁδροὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς γνωστοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἱερεῖς αὐτοῦ ὥστε μὴ καταλιπεῖν αὐτοῦ κατάλειμμα.

¹²Καὶ ἀνέστη καὶ ἐπορεύθη εἰς Σαμάρειαν. αὐτὸς ἐν Βαιθακαδ τῶν ποιμένων ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ,

¹³καὶ Ιου εὗρεν τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς Οχοζιου βασιλέως Ιουδα καὶ εἶπεν Τίνες ὑμεῖς; καὶ εἶπον Οἱ ἀδελφοὶ Οχοζιου ἡμεῖς καὶ κατέβημεν εἰς εἰρήνην τῶν υἱῶν τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ τῶν υἱῶν τῆς δυναστευούσης.

¹⁴καὶ εἶπεν Συλλάβετε αὐτοὺς ζῶντας· καὶ συνέλαβον αὐτοὺς ζῶντας. καὶ ἔσφαξαν αὐτοὺς εἰς Βαιθακαδ, τεσσαράκοντα καὶ δύο ἄνδρας, οὐ κατέλιπεν ἄνδρα ἐξ αὐτῶν. –

¹⁵καὶ ἐπορεύθη ἐκεῖθεν καὶ εὗρεν τὸν Ιωναδαβ υἱὸν Ῥηχαβ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ εἰς ἀπαντὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτόν. καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτὸν Ιου Εἰ ἔστιν καρδία σου μετὰ καρδίας μου εὐθεῖα καθὼς ἡ καρδία μου μετὰ τῆς καρδίας σου; καὶ εἶπεν Ιωναδαβ Ἔστιν. καὶ εἶπεν Ιου Καὶ εἰ ἔστιν, δὸς τὴν χεῖρά σου. καὶ ἔδωκεν τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀνεβίβασεν αὐτὸν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ ἅρμα

¹⁶καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν Δεῦρο μετ’ ἐμοῦ καὶ ἰδὲ ἐν τῷ ζηλῶσαί με τῷ κυρίῳ Σαβαωθ· καὶ ἐπεκάθισεν αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἅρματι αὐτοῦ. –

¹⁷καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς Σαμάρειαν καὶ ἐπάταξεν πάντας τοὺς καταλειφθέντας τοῦ Αχααβ ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ ἕως τοῦ ἀφανίσαι αὐτὸν κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα κυρίου, ὃ ἐλάλησεν πρὸς Ηλιου.

¹⁸Καὶ συνήθροισεν Ιου πάντα τὸν λαὸν καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς Αχααβ ἐδούλευσεν τῷ Βααλ ὀλίγα, καί γε Ιου δουλεύσει αὐτῷ πολλά·

¹⁹καὶ νῦν, πάντες οἱ προφῆται τοῦ Βααλ, πάντας τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἱερεῖς αὐτοῦ καλέσατε πρός με, ἀνὴρ μὴ ἐπισκεπήτω, ὅτι θυσία μεγάλη μοι τῷ Βααλ· πᾶς, ὃς ἐὰν ἐπισκεπῇ, οὐ ζήσεται. καὶ Ιου ἐποίησεν ἐν πτερνισμῷ, ἵνα ἀπολέσῃ τοὺς δούλους τοῦ Βααλ.

²⁰καὶ εἶπεν Ιου Ἁγιάσατε ἱερείαν τῷ Βααλ· καὶ ἐκήρυξαν.

²¹καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Ιου ἐν παντὶ Ισραηλ λέγων Καὶ νῦν πάντες οἱ δοῦλοι τοῦ Βααλ καὶ πάντες οἱ ἱερεῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντες οἱ προφῆται αὐτοῦ, μηδεὶς ἀπολειπέσθω, ὅτι θυσίαν μεγάλην ποιῶ· ὃς ἂν ἀπολειφθῇ, οὐ ζήσεται. καὶ ἦλθον πάντες οἱ δοῦλοι τοῦ Βααλ καὶ πάντες οἱ ἱερεῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντες οἱ προφῆται αὐτοῦ· οὐ κατελείφθη ἀνήρ, ὃς οὐ παρεγένετο. καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Βααλ, καὶ ἐπλήσθη ὁ οἶκος τοῦ Βααλ στόμα εἰς στόμα.

²²καὶ εἶπεν Ιου τῷ ἐπὶ τοῦ οἴκου μεσθααλ Ἐξάγαγε ἐνδύματα πᾶσι τοῖς δούλοις τοῦ Βααλ· καὶ ἐξήνεγκεν αὐτοῖς ὁ στολιστής.

²³καὶ εἰσῆλθεν Ιου καὶ Ιωναδαβ υἱὸς Ῥηχαβ εἰς οἶκον τοῦ Βααλ καὶ εἶπεν τοῖς δούλοις τοῦ Βααλ Ἐρευνήσατε καὶ ἴδετε εἰ ἔστιν μεθ’ ὑμῶν τῶν δούλων κυρίου, ὅτι ἀλλ’ ἢ οἱ δοῦλοι τοῦ Βααλ μονώτατοι.

²⁴καὶ εἰσῆλθεν τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὰ θύματα καὶ τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματα. καὶ Ιου ἔταξεν ἑαυτῷ ἔξω ὀγδοήκοντα ἄνδρας καὶ εἶπεν Ἀνήρ, ὃς ἐὰν διασωθῇ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνδρῶν, ὧν ἐγὼ ἀνάγω ἐπὶ χεῖρας ὑμῶν, ἡ ψυχὴ αὐτοῦ ἀντὶ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ.

²⁵καὶ ἐγένετο ὡς συνετέλεσεν ποιῶν τὴν ὁλοκαύτωσιν, καὶ εἶπεν Ιου τοῖς παρατρέχουσιν καὶ τοῖς τριστάταις Εἰσελθόντες πατάξατε αὐτούς, ἀνὴρ μὴ ἐξελθάτω ἐξ αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐπάταξαν αὐτοὺς ἐν στόματι ῥομφαίας, καὶ ἔρριψαν οἱ παρατρέχοντες καὶ οἱ τριστάται καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἕως πόλεως οἴκου τοῦ Βααλ.

²⁶καὶ ἐξήνεγκαν τὴν στήλην τοῦ Βααλ καὶ ἐνέπρησαν αὐτήν.

²⁷καὶ κατέσπασαν τὰς στήλας τοῦ Βααλ καὶ καθεῖλον τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Βααλ καὶ ἔταξαν αὐτὸν εἰς λυτρῶνας ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης.

²⁸Καὶ ἠφάνισεν Ιου τὸν Βααλ ἐξ Ισραηλ·

²⁹πλὴν ἁμαρτιῶν Ιεροβοαμ υἱοῦ Ναβατ, ὃς ἐξήμαρτεν τὸν Ισραηλ, οὐκ ἀπέστη Ιου ἀπὸ ὄπισθεν αὐτῶν, αἱ δαμάλεις αἱ χρυσαῖ ἐν Βαιθηλ καὶ ἐν Δαν.

³⁰καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Ιου Ἀνθ ὧν ὅσα ἠγάθυνας ποιῆσαι τὸ εὐθὲς ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς μου καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ μου, ἐποίησας τῷ οἴκῳ Αχααβ, υἱοὶ τέταρτοι καθήσονταί σοι ἐπὶ θρόνου Ισραηλ.

³¹καὶ Ιου οὐκ ἐφύλαξεν πορεύεσθαι ἐν νόμῳ κυρίου θεοῦ Ισραηλ ἐν ὅλῃ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ, οὐκ ἀπέστη ἐπάνωθεν ἁμαρτιῶν Ιεροβοαμ υἱοῦ Ναβατ, ὃς ἐξήμαρτεν τὸν Ισραηλ. –

³²ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις ἤρξατο κύριος συγκόπτειν ἐν τῷ Ισραηλ, καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτοὺς Αζαηλ ἐν παντὶ ὁρίῳ Ισραηλ

³³ἀπὸ τοῦ Ιορδάνου κατ’ ἀνατολὰς ἡλίου, πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν Γαλααδ τοῦ Γαδδι καὶ τοῦ Ῥουβην καὶ τοῦ Μανασση ἀπὸ Αροηρ, ἥ ἐστιν ἐπὶ τοῦ χείλους χειμάρρου Αρνων, καὶ τὴν Γαλααδ καὶ τὴν Βασαν.

³⁴καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Ιου καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἐποίησεν, καὶ πᾶσα ἡ δυναστεία αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς συνάψεις, ἃς συνῆψεν, οὐχὶ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν Ισραηλ;

³⁵καὶ ἐκοιμήθη Ιου μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ· καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν Ιωαχας υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντ αὐτοῦ.

³⁶καὶ αἱ ἡμέραι, ἃς ἐβασίλευσεν Ιου ἐπὶ Ισραηλ, εἴκοσι ὀκτὼ ἔτη ἐν Σαμαρείᾳ.

¹And Achaab [had] seventy sons in Samaria. And Ju wrote a letter, and sent it into Samaria to the rulers of Samaria, and to the elders, and to the guardians of [the children of] Achaab, saying.

²Now then, as soon as this letter shall have reached you, whereas [there are] with you the sons of your master, and with you chariots and horses, and strong cities, and arms,

³do ye accordingly look out the best and fittest among your master’s sons, and set him on the throne of his father, and fight for the house of your master.

⁴And they feared greatly, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: and how shall we stand?

⁵So they that were over the house, and they that were over the city, and the elders and the guardians, sent to Ju, saying, We also [are] thy servants, and whatsoever thou shalt say to us we will do; we will not make [any] man king: we will do that which is right in thine eyes.

⁶And Ju wrote them a second letter, saying, If ye [are] for me, and hearken to my voice, take the heads of the men your master’s sons, and bring [them] to me at this time to-morrow in Jezrael. Now the sons of the king were seventy men; these great men of the city brought them up.

⁷And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king’s sons, and slew them, [even] seventy men, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him at Jezrael.

⁸And a messenger came and told [him], saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay them [in] two heaps by the door of the gate until the morning.

⁹And the morning came, and he went forth, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye are righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?

¹⁰See now that there shall not fall to the ground anything of the word of the Lord which the Lord spoke against the house of Achaab: for the Lord has performed all that he spoke of by the hand of his servant Eliu.

¹¹And Ju smote all that were left of the house of Achaab in Jezrael, and all his great men, and his acquaintance, and his priests, so as not to leave him [any] remnant.

¹²And he arose and went to Samaria, [and] he [was] in the house of sheep-shearing in the way.

¹³And Ju found the brethren of Ochozias king of Juda, and said, Who [are] ye? And they said, We [are] the brethren of Ochozias, and we have come down to salute the sons of the king, and the sons of the queen.

¹⁴And he said, Take them alive. And they slew them at the shearing-house, forty and two men: he left not a man of them.

¹⁵And he went thence and found Jonadab the son of Rechab [coming] to meet him; and he saluted him, and Ju said to him, Is thy heart right with my heart, as my heart [is] with thy heart? And Jonadab said, It is. And Ju said, If it is then, give me thy hand. And he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot.

¹⁶And he said to him, Come with me, and see me zealous for the Lord. And he caused him to sit in his chariot.

¹⁷And he entered into Samaria, and smote all that were left of Achaab in Samaria, until he had utterly destroyed him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Eliu.

¹⁸And Ju gathered all the people, and said to them, Achaab served Baal a little; Ju shall serve him much.

¹⁹Now then do all [ye] the prophets of Baal call all his servants and his priests to me; let not a man be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice [to offer] to Baal; every one who shall be missing shall die. But Ju did it in subtilty, that he might destroy the servants of Baal.

²⁰And Ju said, Sanctify a solemn festival to Baal, and they made a proclamation.

²¹And Ju sent throughout all Israel, saying, Now then let all [Baal’s] servants, and all his priests, and all his prophets [come], let none be lacking: for I am going to offer a great sacrifice; whosoever shall be missing, shall not live. So all the servants of Baal came, and all his priests, and all his prophets: there was not one left who came not. And they entered into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other.

²²And he said to the man who was over the house of the wardrobe, Bring forth a robe for all the servants of Baal. And the keeper of the robes brought forth to them.

²³And Ju and Jonadab the son of Rechab entered into the house of Baal, and said to the servants of Baal, Search, and see whether there is among you any of the servants of the Lord, or only the servants of Baal, by themselves.

²⁴And he went in to offer sacrifices and whole-burnt-offerings; and Ju set for himself eighty men without, and said, Every man who shall escape of the men whom I bring into your hand, the life of him [that spares him] shall go for his life.

²⁵And it came to pass, when he had finished offering the whole-burnt-offering, that Ju said to the footmen and to the officers, Go ye in and slay them; let not a man of them escape. So they smote them with the edge of the sword, and the footmen and the officers cast [the bodies] forth, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

²⁶And they brought out the pillar of Baal, and burnt it.

²⁷And they tore down the pillars of Baal, and made his house a draught-house until this day.

²⁸So Ju abolished Baal out of Israel.

²⁹Nevertheless Ju departed not from following the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin: [these were] the golden heifers in Baethel and in Dan.

³⁰And the Lord said to Ju, Because of all thy deeds wherein thou hast acted well in doing that which was right in my eyes, according to all things which thou hast done to the house of Achaab [as they were] in my heart, thy sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel.

³¹But 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.

³²In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short; and Azael smote them in every coast of Israel;

³³from Jordan eastward all the land of Galaad belonging to the Gadites, of Gaddi and that of Ruben, and of Manasses, from Aroer, which is on the brink of the brook of Arnon, and Galaad and Basan.

³⁴And the rest of the acts of Ju, and all that he did, and all his might, and the wars wherein he engaged, [are] not these things written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

³⁵And Ju slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joachaz his son reigned in his stead.

³⁶And the days which Ju reigned over Israel [were] twenty-eight years in Samaria.