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God who judged the house of Ahab through Jehu

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[2 Kings 10:17]

When Jehu came to Samaria, he killed all who were left there of Ahab's family;

he destroyed them, according to the word of the LORD spoken to Elijah.

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Among the kings of northern Israel, King Ahab was the worst king.

In the wickedness of Ahab, he took the vineyard of a man named Naboth.

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Jezebel, Ahab's wife, finds that Ahab wants Naboth's vineyard and plans a very evil thing

to take it away. Naboth did not commit sin, and killed him.

And his vineyard will be presented to his husband, Ahab.

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God, who knew all the evil that Ahab had done, prophesied two things about

how Ahab would be judged by sending a prophet Elijah.

The first prophecy was “In the place where dogs licked up Naboth's blood,

dogs will lick up your blood - yes, yours!” (1 Kings 21:19)

And second prophecy was “I am going to bring disaster on you. I will wipe out your descendants and cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel-slave or free.” (1 Kings 21:21)

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The first judgment of God was done as King Ahab died. King Ahab died on the chariot

because of his bow in the battlefield. It was done by licking his blood as dogs came to

prophesy when washing his blood stained carriage.

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The first Judgment Prophecy was made when the prophet Elisha was active.

Elisha sent a prophet to pour oil on General Jehu at Ramoth Gilead,

and told him that God had set up a prosperity as the new king of Israel.

Elisha also told the prophet that after he had spoken, he should rush away and not hesitate.

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This prophet went to Ramoth Gilead as the prophet of Elisha had instructed.

Upon arrival, the generals of the army were meeting. Among them was General Jehu.

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The Prophet said. “General, I have a word to say,”

replied Jehu. “Who among us will you speak to?”

“This is General Jehu.”

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Then Jehu rose from his seat and went into the house along with the prophet.

The prophet anointed General Jehu's head as he commanded the prophet Elisha, saying:

“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says:

‘I anoint you king over the Lord’s people Israel. You are to destroy the house of Ahab

your master, and I will avenge the blood of my servants the prophets and the blood of

all the Lord’s servants shed by Jezebel. The whole house of Ahab will perish.

I will cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel-slave or free. As for Jezebel,

dogs will devour her on the plot of ground at Jezreel, and no one will bury her.”

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After this, the young prophet hastened to open the door. When Jehu came out of the house, others went to him and asked him. “What on earth did he say? Let us know.”

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Jehu told them the words of the young prophet, saying,

“The LORD has made me king over Israel.”

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Upon hearing these words, they took off their clothes and put them on top of the stairway,

and placed Jehu on them. And they shouted with a trumpet that Jehu was a new king.

In order to carry out the Word of God, Jehu headed for King Joram. King Joram

became king after his father Ahab.

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King Joram was wounded during the war and was staying in Jezreel for treatment.

And Ahaziah king of Judah, who was there for the sake of King Joram's visitation,

went out with him to meet Jehu. The place where they met was, unfortunately, Naboth's land.

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The Joram King saw that Jehu had rebelled and began to rush away.

Jehu shot his bow at the Joram King who was running away.

The arrow hit the king of Joram, and he died in the chariot.

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Joram's body, which was slain by Jehu, was thrown into Naboth's field.

Jezerel's mother, Jezebel, was also cast by Jehu on the gate and in a disastrous end.

The bodies of Jezebel were eaten by the dogs according to Elijah's prophecy.

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Not only the seventy of Ahab's sons, who lived in Samaria, were all slain by those

who were commanded by Jehu. Ahab, who had not obeyed God, and had done evil,

and his whole house were completely gone from the earth by God's judgment.

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The prophecies of Elijah's prophets to Ahab who took Naboth's vineyard long ago

were fulfilled. God has unleashed the chastisement of Naboth's death

by thoroughly judging the wicked king of Ahab.

We must know that no wicked man who is against God and harms the lives of

his neighbors can escape the grave judgment of God.

We also believe in Jesus, being a child of God,

we must firmly believe that God knows everything, even though we may be perverted.

We are all those who have this faith and depend on God and hope in any circumstance.

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