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2 Kings 10:20-31

20 Jehu said, “Call an assembly in honor of Baal.” So they proclaimed it.

21 Then he sent word throughout Israel, and all the ministers 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 ministers of Baal.” So he brought out robes for them.

23 Then Jehu and Jehonadab son of Recab went into the temple of Baal. Jehu said to the ministers of Baal, “Look around and see that no servants of the Lord are here with you—only ministers 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.”

25 As soon as Jehu had finished making the burnt offering, he ordered the guards and officers: “Go in and kill them; let no one escape.” 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 out of the temple of Baal and burned it.

27 They demolished the sacred stone of Baal and tore down the temple of Baal, and people have used it for a latrine to this day.

28 So Jehu destroyed Baal worship in Israel.

29 However, he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel 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.”

31 Yet Jehu was not careful to keep the law of the Lord, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam, which he had caused Israel to commit.

Cross References for 2 Kings 10:20-31

Exodus 32:5 - When Aaron saw this, he built an altar in front of the calf and announced, “Tomorrow there will... Click to read the verse Exodus 32:5 Click to read the verse Exodus 32:5

Leviticus 23:2 - “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘These are my appointed feasts, the appointed feasts ... Click to read the verse Leviticus 23:2 Click to read the verse Leviticus 23:2

Joel 1:14 - Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to ... Click to read the verse Joel 1:14 Click to read the verse Joel 1:14

Joel 2:15 - Blow the trumpet in Zion, declare a holy fast, call a sacred assembly. Click to read the verse Joel 2:15 Click to read the verse Joel 2:15

Numbers 22:22 - But God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the Lord stood in the road to oppose him.... Click to read the verse Numbers 22:22 Click to read the verse Numbers 22:22

1 Kings 21:12 - They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth in a prominent place among the people. Click to read the verse 1 Kings 21:12 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 21:12

1 Kings 18:19-20 - Now summon the people from all over Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel. And bring the four hundr... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 18:19-20 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 18:19-20