World English Bible
2 Kings 10:16
“He said, "Come with me, and see my zeal for Yahweh." So they made him ride in his chariot.”
Verse in context — 2 Kings 10
He said, "Take them alive!" They took them alive, and killed them at the pit of the shearing house, even forty-two men. He didn't leave any of them.
When he had departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him. He greeted him, and said to him, "Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?" Jehonadab answered, "It is." "If it is, give me your hand." He gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
He said, "Come with me, and see my zeal for Yahweh." So they made him ride in his chariot.
When he came to Samaria, he struck all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke to Elijah.
Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him much.
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The decline of both kingdoms, leading to exile in Assyria and Babylon.
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