Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tell her, ‘We appreciate the kind concern you have shown us. What can we do for you? Can we put in a good word for you to the king or to the commander of the army?’” “No,” she replied, “my family takes good care of me.”

Jehu responded with a second letter: “If you are on my side and are going to obey me, bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the seventy sons of the king were being cared for by the leaders of Samaria, where they had been raised since childhood.

Be careful at all times to obey the decrees, regulations, instructions, and commands that he wrote for you. You must not worship other gods.

He remained faithful to the Lord in everything, and he carefully obeyed all the commands the Lord had given Moses.

If the Israelites will be careful to obey my commands—all the laws my servant Moses gave them—I will not send them into exile from this land that I gave their ancestors.”

But the captain of the guard allowed some of the poorest people to stay behind to care for the vineyards and fields.