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Elisha sends a prophet to anoint the military commander Jehu as king, and Jehu carries out a bloody purge of Ahab's entire dynasty and Baal worship in Israel.
Jehu is anointed king with a mandate to wipe out the house of Ahab. He drives his chariot at his trademark furious speed to Jezreel, kills King Joram, and has Jezebel thrown from a window. He then systematically eliminates Ahab's seventy sons and all the priests of Baal by luring them into their temple under false pretenses. The dynasty of Ahab is finished, but Jehu's violence goes beyond his mandate.
A young prophet secretly anoints Jehu as king, and everything that follows happens at breakneck speed. Two kings fall, a dynasty collapses, and a queen infamous queen in Israel's history meets her end — all in a single chapter.
2 KingsThe Man Who Went Too FarJehu systematically eliminates Ahab's entire dynasty, sets an elaborate trap to wipe out Baal worship in Israel, and receives God's approval — but then keeps right on worshiping the golden calves. A sobering look at what happens when zeal outpaces devotion.
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