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Wiilashii Axaab Oo La Laayay

10 Haddaba Axaab wuxuu Samaariya ku lahaa toddobaatan wiil. Yeehuuna warqaduu qoray oo wuxuu u diray Samaariya iyo taliyayaashii Yesreceel oo ahaa odayaashii, iyo kuwii soo koriyey wiilashii Axaab, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Waxaa idinla jooga wiilashii sayidkiinna, oo waxaad haysataan gaadhifardood iyo fardo, oo weliba waxaad ku jirtaan magaalo deyr leh, hubna waad haysataan; haddaba markii warqaddanu idiin timaado, doorta kan ugu wanaagsan oo ugu wada fiican wiilasha sayidkiinna oo ku fadhiisiya carshigii aabbihiis, oo u dirira sayidkiinna aawadiis. Laakiinse aad iyo aad bay u baqeen, oo waxay yidhaahdeen, Labadii boqorba way hor joogsan waayeene bal innagu sidee baynu u taagnaanaynaa? Oo kii reerka u sarreeyey, iyo kii magaalada u sarreeyey, iyo weliba odayaashii, iyo kuwii carruurta soo koriyeyba Yeehuu bay u cid direen, oo ku yidhaahdeen, Annagu addoommadaadii baannu nahay, oo wax alla wixii aad nagu amartana waannu yeelaynaa; oo annagu ninnaba boqor ka dhigan mayno; haddaba wax alla wixii kula wanaagsan samee. Oo isna mar labaad buu warqad u qoray isagoo leh, Haddaad ila jirtaan, oo aad codkayga maqlaysaan, berrito hadda oo kale wiilasha sayidkiinna madaxyadooda Yesreceel iigu keena. Haddaba boqorka wiilashiisii oo toddobaatan qof ahaa waxay la joogeen raggii magaalada ugu waaweynaa oo iyaga soo koriyey. Oo markii warqaddii u timid ayay wiilashii boqorka soo kaxeeyeen oo laayeen iyagoo toddobaatan qof ah, oo madaxyadoodii ayay dambiilo ku gureen, oo isagii bay Yesreceel ugu direen. Oo waxaa isagii u yimid mid wargeeys ah, oo intuu u warramay ayuu ku yidhi, Wiilashii boqorka madaxyadoodii waa la keenay. Oo isna wuxuu ku yidhi, Iridda laga soo galo albaabka laba tuulmo u kala dhiga, oo ilaa berri subax ha yaalleen. Oo markii subaxdii la gaadhay ayuu soo baxay oo dibadda istaagay, oo wuxuu dadkii oo dhan ku yidhi, Idinku xaq baad tihiin! Bal eega, anigu sayidkaygii baan shirqoolay, oo waan dilay, laakiinse bal yaa kuwan oo dhan laayay? 10 Haddaba bal ogaada in Eraygii Rabbiga ee uu Rabbigu reer Axaab kaga hadlay aan waxba dhulka kaga dhacayn, maxaa yeelay, Rabbigu waa sameeyey wixii uu kaga hadlay addoonkiisii Eliiyaah. 11 Sidaasuu Yeehuu Yesreceel ugu laayay reerkii Axaab intii ka hadhay oo dhan, iyo raggiisii waaweynaa oo dhan, iyo saaxiibbadiisii oo dhan, iyo wadaaddadiisii, ilaa uusan waxba u reebin. 12 Markaasuu kacay oo baxay, oo wuxuu tegey Samaariya. Oo markuu gaadhay gurigii adhijirrada ee jidka ku yiil 13 ayaa Yeehuu la kulmay boqorkii dalka Yahuudah oo Axasyaah ahaa walaalihiis, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, War yaad tihiin? Oo iyana waxay ugu jawaabeen, Annagu waxaannu nahay Axasyaah walaalihiis, oo waxaannu u soconnaa inaannu soo salaanno carruurtii boqorka iyo carruurtii boqoradda. 14 Oo isna wuxuu yidhi, iyagoo nool nool qabqabta. Markaasaa la qabtay iyagoo nool nool, oo waxaa iyagoo ah laba iyo afartan nin lagu ag laayay godkii guriga adhijirrada, oo midkoodna kama uu tegin.

15 Oo markuu halkaas ka tegey ayuu la kulmay Yehoonaadaab ina Reekaab oo soo socda inuu ka hor tago, oo intuu salaamay ayuu ku yidhi, War sidaan kuugu qalbi fayoobahay oo kale ma iigu qalbi fayow dahay? Markaasaa Yehoonaadaab ugu jawaabay, Haah, oo waan kuu qalbi fayoobahay. Isna wuxuu yidhi, Hadday saas tahay gacanta ii dhiib. Markaasuu gacanta u dhiibay, oo isna gaadhifaraskiisii ayuu soo saartay. 16 Markaasuu ku yidhi, Kaalay, i raac, oo fiiri qiirada aan Rabbiga u qabo. Sidaasaa loo fuushiyey gaadhifaraskiisii. 17 Oo haddana markuu Samaariya gaadhay ayuu wada laayay intii Axaab Samaariya ugu hadhay oo dhan ilaa uu u baabbi'iyey sidii uu ahaa eraygii Rabbigu kula hadlay Eliiyaah.

Wadaaddadii Bacal Oo La Laayay

18 Markaasaa Yeehuu soo wada ururiyey dadkii oo dhan, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Axaab in yar buu Bacal u adeegi jiray, laakiinse anoo Yeehuu ah si weyn baan ugu adeegi doonaa. 19 Haddaba sidaas daraaddeed iigu soo wada yeedha nebiyadii Bacal oo dhan, iyo intii isaga caabudi jirtay oo dhan, iyo wadaaddadiisii oo dhan; oo midna yuusan ka maqnaan, waayo, allabari weyn baan Bacal u bixinayaa; oo ku alla ka maqnaadaa noolaan maayo. Laakiinse Yeehuu saas khiyaanuu u sameeyey, waayo, wuxuu damacsanaa inuu wada baabbi'iyo inta Bacal caabudda oo dhan. 20 Yeehuuna wuxuu yidhi, Shir weyn Bacal quduus uga dhiga. Oo taas waa la naadiyey. 21 Oo Yeehuuna wuxuu u cid diray dalka Israa'iil oo dhan, markaasaa waxaa yimid intii Bacal caabudi jirtay oo dhan, sidaas daraaddeed nin aan iman ma jirin. Oo waxay soo galeen gurigii Bacal; oo gurigii Bacalna waa buuxsamay gees ilaa gees. 22 Markaasuu wuxuu ku yidhi kii meeshii dharka u sarreeyey, Inta Bacal caabudda oo dhan dhar u keen. Kolkaasuu dhar u keenay. 23 Markaasaa Yeehuu iyo Yehoonaadaab ina Reekaab waxay galeen gurigii Bacal, Yeehuuna wuxuu ku yidhi kuwii Bacal caabudayay, Baadha oo iska fiiriya inaan halkan addoommadii Rabbiga waxba idinkala joogin, laakiinse aad tihiin kuwa Bacal caabuda oo keliya. 24 Markaasay gudaha u galeen inay allabaryo iyo qurbaanno la gubo bixiyaan. Haddaba Yeehuu wuxuu mar hore soo doortay siddeetan nin inay dibadda joogaan, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Nimanka aan gacantiinna soo geliyo hadduu midna baxsado, kii sii daaya ayaa naftiisa loo qisaasayaa. 25 Oo haddiiba markuu dhammeeyey allabarigii gubnaa oo uu bixinayay ayaa Yeehuu ku yidhi askartii iyo saraakiishii, Gala oo wada laaya, oo yaan midna ka soo bixin. Markaasay seef ku laayeen, oo askartii ordi jirtay iyo saraakiishii ayaa iyagii dibadda u soo tuuray oo waxay tageen magaaladii guriga Bacal. 26 Oo waxay soo bixiyeen tiirarkii guriga Bacal ku jiray, wayna gubeen. 27 Wayna jebiyeen tiirkii Bacal, oo dumiyeen gurigii Bacal oo ilaa maantadan waxay ka dhigeen meel lagu saxaroodo. 28 Oo Yeehuu sidaasuu Bacal uga baabbi'iyey dalka Israa'iil. 29 Habase yeeshee dembiyadii Yaaraabcaam ina Nebaad kii dadka Israa'iil dembaajiyey Yeehuu kama hadhin, kuwaasoo ahaa weylihii dahabka ahaa ee dhex yiil Beytel iyo Daan. 30 Markaasaa Rabbigu wuxuu Yeehuu ku yidhi, Si wanaagsan baad u yeeshay wax hortayda ku toosan, oo reerkii Axaabna waad ku samaysay wax alla wixii qalbigayga ku jiray oo dhan, haddaba sidaas daraaddeed farcankaaga qarniga afraad ah ayaa ku fadhiisan doona carshiga dalka Israa'iil. 31 Laakiinse Yeehuu iskama uu jirin oo kuma socon sharcigii Rabbiga ah Ilaaha reer binu Israa'iil, kumana raacin qalbigiisa oo dhan, oo kama tegin dembiyadii Yaaraabcaam uu dadka Israa'iil dembaajiyey.

32 Oo waagaas ayaa Rabbigu bilaabay inuu dalka Israa'iil yareeyo, oo Xasaa'eel ayaa iyaga ku laayay dalka Israa'iil oo dhan, 33 oo laga bilaaba Webi Urdun ilaa barigiisa, intaas oo ah dalka Gilecaad oo dhan, iyo reer Gaad, iyo reer Ruubeen, iyo reer Manaseh, iyo tan iyo Carooceerta ku ag taal Webi Arnoon, iyo xataa Gilecaad iyo Baashaan. 34 Haddaba Yeehuu falimihiisii kale iyo wixii uu sameeyey oo dhan, iyo xooggiisii oo dhammuba sow kuma qorna kitaabkii taariikhda boqorradii dalka Israa'iil? 35 Markaasaa Yeehuu dhintay oo la seexday awowayaashiis, oo waxaa lagu aasay Samaariya. Oo meeshiisiina waxaa boqor ka noqday wiilkiisii Yehoo'aaxaas. 36 Oo wakhtigii Yeehuu dalka Israa'iil Samaariya boqorka ugu ahaa wuxuu ahaa siddeed iyo labaatan sannadood.

Ahab’s Family Killed

10 Now there were in Samaria(A) seventy sons(B) of the house of Ahab. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria: to the officials of Jezreel,[a](C) to the elders and to the guardians(D) of Ahab’s children. He said, “You have your master’s sons with you and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city and weapons. Now as soon as this letter reaches you, choose the best and most worthy of your master’s sons and set him on his father’s throne. Then fight for your master’s house.”

But they were terrified and said, “If two kings could not resist him, how can we?”

So the palace administrator, the city governor, the elders and the guardians sent this message to Jehu: “We are your servants(E) and we will do anything you say. We will not appoint anyone as king; you do whatever you think best.”

Then Jehu wrote them a second letter, saying, “If you are on my side and will obey me, take the heads of your master’s sons and come to me in Jezreel by this time tomorrow.”

Now the royal princes, seventy of them, were with the leading men of the city, who were rearing them. When the letter arrived, these men took the princes and slaughtered all seventy(F) of them. They put their heads(G) in baskets and sent them to Jehu in Jezreel. When the messenger arrived, he told Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the princes.”

Then Jehu ordered, “Put them in two piles at the entrance of the city gate until morning.”

The next morning Jehu went out. He stood before all the people and said, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him, but who killed all these? 10 Know, then, that not a word the Lord has spoken against the house of Ahab will fail. The Lord has done what he announced(H) through his servant Elijah.”(I) 11 So Jehu(J) killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his chief men, his close friends and his priests, leaving him no survivor.(K)

12 Jehu then set out and went toward Samaria. At Beth Eked of the Shepherds, 13 he met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, “Who are you?”

They said, “We are relatives of Ahaziah,(L) and we have come down to greet the families of the king and of the queen mother.(M)

14 “Take them alive!” he ordered. So they took them alive and slaughtered them by the well of Beth Eked—forty-two of them. He left no survivor.(N)

15 After he left there, he came upon Jehonadab(O) son of Rekab,(P) who was on his way to meet him. Jehu greeted him and said, “Are you in accord with me, as I am with you?”

“I am,” Jehonadab answered.

“If so,” said Jehu, “give me your hand.”(Q) So he did, and Jehu helped him up into the chariot. 16 Jehu said, “Come with me and see my zeal(R) for the Lord.” Then he had him ride along in his chariot.

17 When Jehu came to Samaria, he killed all who were left there of Ahab’s family;(S) he destroyed them, according to the word of the Lord spoken to Elijah.

Servants of Baal Killed

18 Then Jehu brought all the people together and said to them, “Ahab served(T) Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much. 19 Now summon(U) all the prophets of Baal, all his servants and all his priests. See that no one is missing, because I am going to hold a great sacrifice for Baal. Anyone who fails to come will no longer live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.

20 Jehu said, “Call an assembly(V) in honor of Baal.” So they proclaimed it. 21 Then he sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; not one stayed away. They crowded into the temple of Baal until it was full from one end to the other. 22 And Jehu said to the keeper of the wardrobe, “Bring robes for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out robes for them.

23 Then Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rekab went into the temple of Baal. Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around and see that no one who serves the Lord is here with you—only servants of Baal.” 24 So they went in to make sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had posted eighty men outside with this warning: “If one of you lets any of the men I am placing in your hands escape, it will be your life for his life.”(W)

25 As soon as Jehu had finished making the burnt offering, he ordered the guards and officers: “Go in and kill(X) them; let no one escape.”(Y) So they cut them down with the sword. The guards and officers threw the bodies out and then entered the inner shrine of the temple of Baal. 26 They brought the sacred stone(Z) out of the temple of Baal and burned it. 27 They demolished the sacred stone of Baal and tore down the temple(AA) of Baal, and people have used it for a latrine to this day.

28 So Jehu(AB) destroyed Baal worship in Israel. 29 However, he did not turn away from the sins(AC) of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves(AD) at Bethel(AE) and Dan.

30 The Lord said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in accomplishing what is right in my eyes and have done to the house of Ahab all I had in mind to do, your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.”(AF) 31 Yet Jehu was not careful(AG) to keep the law of the Lord, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins(AH) of Jeroboam, which he had caused Israel to commit.

32 In those days the Lord began to reduce(AI) the size of Israel. Hazael(AJ) overpowered the Israelites throughout their territory 33 east of the Jordan in all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben and Manasseh), from Aroer(AK) by the Arnon(AL) Gorge through Gilead to Bashan.

34 As for the other events of Jehu’s reign, all he did, and all his achievements, are they not written in the book of the annals(AM) of the kings of Israel?

35 Jehu rested with his ancestors and was buried in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son succeeded him as king. 36 The time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 10:1 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate of the city

10 And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,

Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour;

Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.

But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?

And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.

Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.

And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.

And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.

And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?

10 Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the Lord, which the Lord spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the Lord hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.

11 So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

12 And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way,

13 Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.

14 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.

15 And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

16 And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord. So they made him ride in his chariot.

17 And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the Lord, which he spake to Elijah.

18 And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.

19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.

20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.

21 And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.

22 And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.

23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the Lord, but the worshippers of Baal only.

24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.

25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

26 And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them.

27 And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.

28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

29 Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.

30 And the Lord said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.

31 But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.

32 In those days the Lord began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;

33 From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.

34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

35 And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.

36 And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.