2 Kings 10:30-32

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³⁰ The Lord said to Jehu, “You have done well in ·obeying what I said was right [^Ldoing what was right in my eyes/sight]. You have done to the ·family [^Lhouse] of Ahab ·as I wanted [^Lall that was in my heart/mind]. Because of this, your ·descendants as far as your great-great-grandchildren [sons to the fourth generation] will ·be kings [^Lsit on the throne] of Israel.” ³¹ But Jehu was not careful to follow the ·teachings [law; ^Ltorah] of the Lord, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not ·stop doing [turn/depart from] the same sins Jeroboam had done, by which he had led Israel to sin.

³² At that time the Lord began to ·make Israel smaller [cut/trim off parts of Israel]. Hazael defeated the Israelites ·in all the land [throughout the territory] of Israel,