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"Now, summonall the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers and all his priests; let noone be missing, for I have a greatsacrifice for Baal; whoever* is missing shall not live." But Jehudid it in cunning, so that he might destroy the worshipers of Baal.
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Then JehusentthroughoutIsrael and all the worshipers of Baalcame, so that there was not a manleftwho did not come. And when they went into the house of Baal, the house of Baal was filled from oneend to the other.
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Jehuwent 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 here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but only the worshipers of Baal."
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Then they went in to offersacrifices and burntofferings. Now Jehu had stationed for himself eightymenoutside, and he had said, "The onewho permits any of the menwhom I bring into your hands to escape shall give up his life in exchange."
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Then it came about, as soon as he had finishedoffering the burntoffering, that Jehusaid to the guard and to the royalofficers, "Go in, kill them; let none*come out." And they killed them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the royalofficersthrew them out, and went to the innerroom of the house of Baal.
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However, as for the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israelsin, from these Jehu did not depart, even the goldencalves that were at Bethel and that were at Dan.
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The LORDsaid to Jehu, "Because* you have donewell in executingwhat is right in My eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in My heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel."
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But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, which he made Israelsin.
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from the Jordaneastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites and the Reubenites and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.