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of her than the SCULL, and the FEET, and the PALMS of her HANDS.

36 Wherefore they came again, and told him and he faid, This is the WORD of the LORD, which he SPAKE by his Servant ELIJAH the TISHBITE, faying, In the Portion of Jezreel fhall Dogs eat the Flesh of Jezebel :

37 And the Carcafe of Jezebel fhall be as Dung upon the Face of the Field, in the Portion of Jezreel, fo that they fhall not fay, This is Jezebel.

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Jehu by his Letters caufeth feventy of Ahab's Children to be beheaded. 8 He excufeth the Fact by the Prophecy of Elijah. 12 At the Shearing-house he flayeth two and forty of Abaziah's Brethren: 15 He taketh Jehonadab into his Company: 18 By Subtilty he deftroyeth all the Worshippers of Baal. 29 Jebu followeth Jeroboam's Sins. 32 Hazael opprefeth Ifrael. 34 Jeboahaz fucceedeth him.

Ver. 1 ND Ahab had feventy Sons in Samaria and Je

Rulers of Jezreel to the Elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's Children, faying,

2 Now affoon as this Letter cometh to you, feeing your Master's Sons are with you, and there are with you Chariots and Horses, a fenced City alfo, and Armour :

3 Look out the MEETEST of your Mafter's Sons, and fet him on his Father's Throne, and fight for your Master's House.

4 But they were exceedingly AFRAID, and said, Behold, two Kings stood not before him: how then fhall we stand?

5 And he that was over the House, and he that was over the City, the Elders alfo, and the Bringers up of the Children fent to Jehu, faying, We are thy Servants, and will do all that thou fhalt bid us; we will not make any King: do thou that which is good in thine Eyes.

6 Then he wrote a Letter the fecond time to them, faying, If ye be mine, and if you will hearken unto my Voice, take ye the Heads of the Men your Master's Sons, and come to me to Jezreel by To-morrow this time: (now the King's Sons being feventy Perfons, were with the Great Men of the City which brought them up)

7 And it came to pafs when the Letter came to them,

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that they took the King's Sons, and flew SEVENTY Perfons, and put their Heads in Baskets, and fent him them to Jezreel.

8 And there came a Meffenger, and told him, faying, They have brought the Heads of the King's Sons. And he faid, Lay ye them in two Heaps at the entring in of the Gate, until the Morning.

9 And it came to pafs in the Morning, that he went out, and stood, and faid to all the People, Ye be righteous: behold, I confpired against my Mafter, and flew him but who flew all these?

10 Know now, that there fhall fall unto the Earth NoTHING of the WORD of the LORD, which the LORD fpake concerning the Houfe of Ahab for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his Servant Elijah.

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11 So Jehu flew all that remained of the House of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his Great Men, and his Kinsfolks, and his Priefts, until he left him none remaining.

12 And he arofe and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the Shearing-houfe in the Way,

13 Jehu met with the Brethren of Ahaziah King of Judah, and faid, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the Brethren of Ahaziah, and we go down to falute the Children of the King, and the Children of the Queen.

14 And he faid, take them alive. And they took them alive, and flew them at the Pit of the Shearing-house, even two and forty Men; neither left he any of them.

15 And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the Son of Rechab, coming to meet him, and he faluted him, and faid to him, Is thine HEART RIGHT, 25 my HEART is with thy HEART? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine Hand: And he gave him his Hand, and he took him up to him into the Chaiot.

16 And he faid, Come with me, and fee my Zeal for the LORD, fo they made him ride in his Chariot.

17 And when he came to Samaria, he flew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had deftroyed him according to the Saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.

18 And Jehu gathered all the People together, and said unto them, Ahab ferved Baal a little, but Jehu fhall ferve him much.

19 Now therefore call unto me all the Prophets of Baal, all his Servants, and all his Priefts, let none be wanting: for I have a great Sacrifice to do to Baal; whofoever fhall be wanting, he fhall not live. But Jehu did it in SUBTILTY, to the Intent that he might destroy the Worshippers of Baal.

20 And Jehu faid, Proclaim a folemn Affembly for Baal.. And they proclaimed it.

21 And Jehu fent through all Ifrael, and all the Worshippers of Baal came, fo that there was not a Man left that came not and they came into the Houfe of Baal, and the Houfe of Baal was full from one End to another.

22 And he said unto him that was over the Veftry, Bring forth Veftments for all the Worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth Vestments.

23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab into the House of Baal, and faid unto the Worfhippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the Servants of the LORD, but the Worshippers of Baal only.

24 And when they went in to offer Sacrifices and Burntofferings, Jehu appointed fourfcore Men without, and faid, If any of the Men whom I have brought into your Hands efcape, he that letteth him go, his LIFE fhall be for the LIFE of him.

25 And it came to pafs as foon as he had made an end of offering the Burnt-offering, that Jehu faid to the Guard, and to the Captains, Go in and flay them, let none come forth. And they fmote them with the Edge of the Sword, and the Guard, and the Captains caft them out, and went to the City of the House of Baal.

26 And they brought forth the Images out of the House of Baal, and burnt them.

27 And they brake down the Houfe of Baal, and made it a Draught-house.

28 Thus Jehu deftroyed Baal out of Ifrael.

29 Howbeit, from the Sins of Jeroboam, who made Ifrael to fin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden Calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan.

30 And the LORD faid unto Jehu, Becaufe thou haft done well in executing that which is right in mine Eyes, and haft done unto the Houfe of Ahab according to all that was in mine Heart, thy Children of the fourth Generation fhall fit on the Throne of Ifrael.

31 But Jehu took no HEED to WALK in the LAW of the LORD GOD of Ifrael, with all his HEART: for he departed not from the Sins of Jeroboam, which made Ifrael to fin.

32 In thofe Days the LORD began to cut Ifrael SHORT: and Hazael fmote them in all the Coafts of Ifrael.

33 From Jordan Eaft-ward, all the Land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manaffites.

34 Now the reft of the Acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his Might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Ifrael?

35 And Jehu flept with his Fathers, and they buried him in Samaria, and Jehoahaz his Son reigned in his ftead. 36 And the Time that Jehu reigned over Ifrael in Samaria was twenty and eight Years.

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1 Ahaziah fucceeding, reigneth wickedly: 5 In his Confederacy with foram the Son of Ahab, he is flain by feru. 10 Athaliah deftroying all the Seed royal fave Joafh, whom Jehofhabeath his Aunt bid, ufurpeth the Kingdom.

Ver. 1 AHAZIAH the Son of Jehoram reigned over JuA

2 Forty and two Years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one Year in Jerufalem: his Mother's Name alfo was Athaliah the Daughter of Omri.

3 He also walked in the WAYS of the House of Ahab: for his Mother was his COUNSELLER to do WICKEDLY. 4 Wherefore he did Evil in the fight of the LORD, like the House of Ahab for they were his COUNSELLERS after the Death of his Father, to his DESTRUCTION.

5 He walked alfo after their Counsel, and went with Jehoram the Son of Ahab King of Ifrael, to war against Hazael King of Syria at Ramoth-gilead and the Syrians fmote Joram.

6 And he returned to be healed in Jezreel, becaufe of the Wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael King of Syria. And Azariah the Son of Jehoram King of Judah went down to fee Jehoram the Son of Ahab at Jezreel, becaufe he was fick.

7 And the Destruction of Ahaziah was of Gop by coming

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to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the Son of Nimfhi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the Houfe of Ahab.

8 And it came to pafs that when Jehu was executing Judgment upon the House of Ahab, and found the Princes of Judah, and the Sons of the Brethren of Ahaziah that miniftred to Ahaziah, he flew them.

9 And he fought Ahaziah: and they caught him (for he was hid in Samaria) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had flain him, they buried him, because (faid they) he is the Son of Jehoshaphat, who SOUGHT the LORD with all his HEART. So the Houfe of Ahaziah had no Power to keep ftill the Kingdom.

10 But when Athaliah the Mother of Ahaziah faw that her Son was dead, she arofe, and destroyed all the Seed royal of the Houfe of Judah.

II But Jehofhabeath the Daughter of the King took JoASH the Son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the King's Sons that were flain, and put him and his Nurse in a Bed-chamber, and hid him from Athaliah, fo that he flew him not.

12 And he was with them hid in the Houfe of GOD fix Years, and Athaliah reigned over the Land.

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Fehoah being faved by Jehosheba his Aunt from Athaliah's Majacre of the Seed royal, is hid fix Years in the House of GOD. 4 Jehoiada giving Order to the Captains, in the feventh Year anointeth him King. 13 Athaliah is flain. 17 Jehoiada refloreth the Worship of GOD.

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ND when Athaliah the Mother of Ahaziah faw that her Son was dead, the deftroyed all the Seed

2 But Jehofheba the Daughter of King Joram, Sifter of Ahaziah, took Joafh the Son of Ahaziah, and ftole him from among the King's Sons which were flain; and they hid him, and his Nurfe in the Bed-chamber from Athaliah, fo that he was not flain.

3 And he was there with her hid in the House of the LORD, fix Years: and Athaliah did reign over the Land. 4 And the feventh Year Jehoiada fent and fet the Ru

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