2Ki 10:18-29 | ESV | STEP | Then Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little , but Jehu will serve him much .

k[See ver. 21 above]

l[See ver. 26 above]

2 Kings 10:18-29

Jehu Strikes Down the Prophets of Baal

18 Then Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, ^a“Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much. 19 Now therefore call to me all the ^bprophets of Baal, all his worshipers and all his priests. Let none be missing, for I have a great sacrifice to offer to Baal. Whoever is missing shall not live.” But Jehu did it with cunning in order to destroy the worshipers of Baal. 20 And Jehu ordered, ^c“Sanctify ^da solemn assembly for Baal.” So ^ethey proclaimed it. 21 And Jehu sent throughout all Israel, and all the worshipers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who did not come. And they entered ^fthe house of Baal, and the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other. 22 He said to him who was in charge of the wardrobe, “Bring out the vestments for all the worshipers of Baal.” So he brought out the vestments for them. 23 Then Jehu went into the house of Baal with Jehonadab the son of Rechab, and he said to the worshipers of Baal, “Search, and see that there is no servant of the Lord here among you, but only the worshipers of Baal.” 24 Then they ^{▼▼Septuagint he (compare verse 25)} went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings.

Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and said, “The man who allows any of those whom I give into your hands to escape ^hshall forfeit his life.” 25 So as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guard and to the officers, ⁱ“Go in and strike them down; let not a man escape.” So when they put them to the sword, the guard and the officers cast them out and went into the inner room of the house of Baal, 26 and they brought out the ^jpillar that was in ^kthe house of Baal and burned it. 27 And they demolished the ^lpillar of Baal, and demolished the house of Baal, and made it ^ma latrine to this day.

Jehu Reigns in Israel

28 Thus Jehu wiped out Baal from Israel. 29 But Jehu did not turn aside from ⁿthe sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, ^owhich he made Israel to sin—that is, the golden calves that were in Bethel and in Dan.