Upon being anointed king of Israel, Jehu wasted no time
getting to work fulfilling the prophecies made about him. Not only did he kill the king of Israel, he threw in his unfortunate ally, the
king of neighboring Judah, for good measure. He then orchestrated the deaths of
the queen mother, the seventy sons of Ahab, all Ahab’s close friends and
priests, and even a group of visitors from Judah who had come to see them.
Finally, he called together the worshipers of Baal, had them executed to a man,
demolished the house of Baal and turned it into a latrine.
A pretty clean sweep, you might say. Bloody, but definitely
comprehensive.
