II Kings - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 388

9——-37 THE MONARCHICAL PERIOD.-11. KINGS. 10--20 37 And the carcase of Aisabel shgxll become dung upon thc surface of the ground of the farm of jezreel, so I`his was (B.C. 884.) g§IurBm· uf §kI;¤i:’z. 5mm ai $$})¤¤t21°¤1t. 10 There were seventy sons of Akhab in Shcmeron, theretore jehu wrote letters and sent to Shomeron as if from the nobles of jezreel, and the councillors and nobles of Akhab, to say: ‘ VVhen this letter comes to you,

you possess the sons of your Prince, and chariots and horses, and a. forti- Hed city, and an arsenal, therefore choose the best and handsomest among the sons of your Prince, and set him on his father’s throne, and iight for the House of your Princef But they were very much afraid

Two kingscould not stand against him, so we cannot resist him} Therefore the governor of the palace, and the Governor of the city, and the Councillors, and the Guardians sent We are your servants and we will do all you order us. You must make the best man in your own opinion king over usf He consequently wrote a second

lf you are on my side, and will listen to my word, take the heads of those men, the sons of your Prince, and come to me at this time to—morrow at jezreel. The sons of the king were with the

nobles of the city who had educated them. When this letter came to them,

they took the sons of the king and slaughtered the seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him at jezreel, and a messenger came and reported to him, ‘ They have brought the heads of the When he replied, ‘ Put them in two heaps opposite the gate until morning} When it was morning he went out,

and stood and addressed the people, and said :——· You are all honourable men I You

know I conspired against my master and killed him S But who assailed all

io these? So you can learn now that not a word of the Evsiotivino will fall to the earth of all that the EVER- LIVING spoke against the House of Akhab; but the Evenmivino will do what He threatened by means of His servant Eliahf Then jehuexecuted the whole of xx the nobles ofthe House of Akhab, in jezreel, and all his great men, and all his friends, and his priests, until not a remnant was left, (ac. 884). 321311 autmnrzs ngaiiinit Silimzztruu, ann diiizrners Airlin- ginlfs 3§1·¤ti32rs an the Hilinp. He afterwards arose and advanced

and marched to Shomeron. When he reached the Shepherds shearing house, on the way, jehu met the brothers of Akhaziah king of judah, And We are the brothers of Akhaziah, and we are descending to visit the king's son, and the sons of the nobles} Seize them

So they seized them alive, and slaughtered at the pit of the Shearing—house forty-two persons, and spared not a single one of them. As he marched from there, he met

jhonadab-ben—Rekab coming to meet him, and he addressed him, and Is your heart right with me, as my heart is with your heart E It is.’ ‘ lf it is, give me your hand} So he gave his hand and mounted

to him on the chariot, when he said, ‘ Go with me and see my zeal for the And he rode with him in the chariot. When he reached Shomeron he

assailed all the Princes of Akhab in Shomeron, until he had destroyed them, according to the sentence of the EvER—L1v1NG that He pronounced by Eliah. 12 to

§l2I3u irczihzs mm %lnugl;tr1·s the Qprieats at @zui1. lehu afterwards assembled the. people and said to them: ‘Akhab served Bal a 1ittle———]ehu

will serve him much! Therefore, now, all you Preachers of Bal, all you servants of him, and all his priests, come to me, every man in his station, to make with me a big sacrifice to Ball Everyone who i·s not in his station will offer an insult to ]ehu.’ But jehu did it cunningly to de-

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