2 Kings 19:17
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17 Truth it is, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,
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2 Kings 10:30
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30 ¶ And the Lord said unto Jehu, Because thou hast diligently executed that which was right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all things that were in mine heart, therefore shall thy [a]sons unto the fourth generation sit on the throne of Israel.
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- 2 Kings 10:30 Thus God approveth and rewardeth his zeal, in executing God’s judgment, albeit his wickedness was afterward punished.
2 Kings 15:12
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12 This was the (A)word of the Lord, which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation after thee. And it came so to pass.
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Hosea 1:4
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4 And the Lord said unto him, Call his name [a]Jezreel: for yet a little, and I will visit the blood of Jezreel upon the house of [b]Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
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- Hosea 1:4 Meaning, that they should be no more called Israelites of the which name they boasted because Israel, did prevail with God: but that they were as bastard, and therefore should be called Jezreelites, that is scattered people, alluding to Jezreel, which was the chief city of the ten tribes under Ahab where Jehu shed so much blood, 2 Kings 10:8.
- Hosea 1:4 I will be revenged upon Jehu for the blood that he shed in Jezreel: for albeit God stirred him up to execute his judgments, yet he did them for his own ambition, and not for the glory of God as the end declared: for he built up that idolatry which he had destroyed.
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