Then they served it to the men to eat. Now it happened, as they were eating the stew, that they cried out and said, “Man of God, there is death in the pot!” And they could not eat it.

So he said, “Then bring some flour.” And he put it into the pot, and said, “Serve it to the people, that they may eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.

Worshipers of Baal Killed

Then Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little, Jehu will serve him much.

for they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, “You shall not do this thing.”

So they left all the commandments of the Lord their God, made for themselves a molded image and two calves, made a wooden image and worshiped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.

They feared the Lord, yet served their own gods—according to the rituals of the nations from among whom they were carried away.

with whom the Lord had made a covenant and charged them, saying: “You shall not fear other gods, nor bow down to them nor serve them nor sacrifice to them;

So these nations feared the Lord, yet served their carved images; also their children and their children’s children have continued doing as their fathers did, even to this day.

The Lord was with him; he prospered wherever he went. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.

For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; he raised up altars for Baal, and made a wooden image, as Ahab king of Israel had done; and he worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.

So he walked in all the ways that his father had walked; and he served the idols that his father had served, and worshiped them.

And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, and said to them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.”