10:18 Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, “Ahab worshiped 6 Baal a little; Jehu will worship 7 him with great devotion. 8 10:19 So now, bring to me all the prophets of Baal, as well as all his servants and priests. 9 None of them must be absent, for I am offering a great sacrifice to Baal. Any of them who fail to appear will lose their lives.” But Jehu was tricking them 10 so he could destroy the servants of Baal. 10:20 Then Jehu ordered, “Make arrangements for 11 a celebration for Baal.” So they announced it. 10:21 Jehu sent invitations throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; not one was absent. They arrived at the temple of Baal and filled it up from end to end. 12 10:22 Jehu ordered the one who was in charge of the wardrobe, 13 “Bring out robes for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out robes for them. 10:23 Then Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rekab went to the temple of Baal. Jehu 14 said to the servants of Baal, “Make sure there are no servants of the Lord here with you; there must be only servants of Baal.” 15 10:24 They went inside to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside. He had told them, “If any of the men inside get away, you will pay with your lives!” 16
10:25 When he finished offering the burnt sacrifice, Jehu ordered the royal guard 17 and officers, “Come in and strike them down! Don’t let any escape!” So the royal guard and officers struck them down with the sword and left their bodies lying there. 18 Then they entered the inner sanctuary of the temple of Baal. 19 10:26 They hauled out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it. 10:27 They demolished 20 the sacred pillar of Baal and 21 the temple of Baal; it is used as 22 a latrine 23 to this very day. 10:28 So Jehu eradicated Baal worship 24 from Israel.
10:29 However, Jehu did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam son of Nebat had encouraged Israel to commit; the golden calves remained in Bethel 25 and Dan. 26 10:30 The Lord said to Jehu, “You have done well. You have accomplished my will and carried out my wishes with regard to Ahab’s dynasty. Therefore four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel.” 27 10:31 But Jehu did not carefully and wholeheartedly obey the law of the Lord God of Israel. 28 He did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam had encouraged Israel to commit. 29
10:32 In those days the Lord began to reduce the size of Israel’s territory. 30 Hazael attacked their eastern border. 31 10:33 He conquered all the land of Gilead, including the territory of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh, extending all the way from the Aroer in the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan. 32
10:34 The rest of the events of Jehu’s reign, including all his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. 33 10:35 Jehu passed away 34 and was buried in Samaria. 35 His son Jehoahaz replaced him as king. 10:36 Jehu reigned over Israel for twenty-eight years in Samaria.