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2 Kings 10:18
“Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him much.”
Verse in context — 2 Kings 10
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.
Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all of his worshippers, and all of his priests. Let none be absent; for I have a great sacrifice to Baal. Whoever is absent, he shall not live." But Jehu did it in subtlety, intending that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
Jehu said, "Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal!" They proclaimed it.
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The decline of both kingdoms, leading to exile in Assyria and Babylon.
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