²⁹ As soon as he began to reign, he killed Jeroboam’s whole family.^(A) He did not leave Jeroboam anyone that breathed, but destroyed them all, according to the word of the Lord given through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite.

⁹ You have done more evil^(A) than all who lived before you.^(B) You have made for yourself other gods, idols^(C) made of metal; you have aroused^(D) my anger and turned your back on me.^(E)

¹⁰ “‘Because of this, I am going to bring disaster^(F) on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off from Jeroboam every last male in Israel—slave or free.^[a](G) I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is all gone.^{(H) 11} Dogs^(I) will eat those belonging to Jeroboam who die in the city, and the birds^(J) will feed on those who die in the country. The Lord has spoken!’

¹² “As for you, go back home. When you set foot in your city, the boy will die. ¹³ All Israel will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will be buried, because he is the only one in the house of Jeroboam in whom the Lord, the God of Israel, has found anything good.^(K)

¹⁴ “The Lord will raise up for himself a king over Israel who will cut off the family of Jeroboam. Even now this is beginning to happen.^{[b] 15} And the Lord will strike Israel, so that it will be like a reed swaying in the water. He will uproot^(L) Israel from this good land that he gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they aroused^(M) the Lord’s anger by making Asherah^(N) poles.^{[c] 16} And he will give Israel up because of the sins^(O) Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”

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

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^(A) through his servant Elijah.”^{(B) 11} So Jehu^(C) 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.^(D)

³⁶ They went back and told Jehu, who said, “This is the word of the Lord that he spoke through his servant Elijah the Tishbite: On the plot of ground at Jezreel dogs^(A) will devour Jezebel’s flesh.^{[a](B) 37} Jezebel’s body will be like dung^(C) on the ground in the plot at Jezreel, so that no one will be able to say, ‘This is Jezebel.’”

⁷ You are to destroy the house of Ahab your master, and I will avenge^(A) the blood of my servants^(B) the prophets and the blood of all the Lord’s servants shed by Jezebel.^{(C) 8} The whole house^(D) of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab every last male^(E) in Israel—slave or free.^{[a] 9} I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam^(F) son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha^(G) son of Ahijah. ¹⁰ As for Jezebel, dogs^(H) will devour her on the plot of ground at Jezreel, and no one will bury her.’” Then he opened the door and ran.