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Jehu said to his aide Bidkar, "Lift him out, and throw him on the plot of ground belonging to Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember, when you and I rode side by side behind his father Ahab how the Lord uttered this oracle against him:

‘For the blood of Naboth and for the blood of his children that I saw yesterday, says the Lord , I swear I will repay you on this very plot of ground.' Now therefore lift him out and throw him on the plot of ground, in accordance with the word of the Lord ."

Then he went in and ate and drank; he said, "See to that cursed woman and bury her; for she is a king's daughter."

select the son of your master who is the best qualified, set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house."

Know then that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of the Lord , which the Lord spoke concerning the house of Ahab; for the Lord has done what he said through his servant Elijah."

He said, "Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord ." So he had him ride in his chariot.

Now therefore summon to me all the prophets 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 was acting with cunning in order to destroy the worshipers of Baal.

Jehu decreed, "Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal." So they proclaimed it.

He said to the keeper of the wardrobe, "Bring out the vestments for all the worshipers of Baal." So he brought out the vestments for them.

Then the priest Jehoiada commanded the captains who were set over the army, "Bring her out between the ranks, and kill with the sword anyone who follows her." For the priest said, "Let her not be killed in the house of the Lord ."

Jehoash said to the priests, "All the money offered as sacred donations that is brought into the house of the Lord , the money for which each person is assessed—the money from the assessment of persons—and the money from the voluntary offerings brought into the house of the Lord ,

Therefore King Jehoash summoned the priest Jehoiada with the other priests and said to them, "Why are you not repairing the house? Now therefore do not accept any more money from your donors but hand it over for the repair of the house."

to the masons and the stonecutters, as well as to buy timber and quarried stone for making repairs on the house of the Lord , as well as for any outlay for repairs of the house.

But for the house of the Lord no basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, or any vessels of gold, or of silver, were made from the money that was brought into the house of the Lord ,

for that was given to the workers who were repairing the house of the Lord with it.

They did not ask an accounting from those into whose hand they delivered the money to pay out to the workers, for they dealt honestly.

But Jehoahaz entreated the Lord , and the Lord heeded him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed them.

So Jehoahaz was left with an army of not more than fifty horsemen, ten chariots and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.

Then he said, "Open the window eastward"; and he opened it. Elisha said, "Shoot"; and he shot. Then he said, "The Lord 's arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram! For you shall fight the Arameans in Aphek until you have made an end of them."

But he did not put to death the children of the murderers; according to what is written in the book of the law of Moses, where the Lord commanded, "The parents shall not be put to death for the children, or the children be put to death for the parents; but all shall be put to death for their own sins."