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2 Kings 9:14-10:36

No Baal Left in the House

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No Baal Left in the House

2 Kings 9:14-10:36

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This song belongs to the 2 Kings collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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[Verse 1] Jehu conspires against Joram while the wounded king recovers at Jezreel. Two messengers sent to ask peace join Jehu instead. Jehu rejects peace while Jezebel's whoredoms and witchcrafts continue. Ahaziah flees, is wounded, and dies at Megiddo. [Pre-Chorus] The warning stood where no one wished to see, And every hidden root became a tree. [Chorus] No Baal Left in the House, let the warning remain, Hidden sin still flowers into pain. The word of the LORD exposed what men concealed, And judgment stood where every heart was revealed. [Verse 2] Dogs leave only her skull, feet, and palms according to Elijah's word. Jehu writes Samaria's rulers concerning Ahab's seventy sons. The terrified leaders kill the princes and send their heads in baskets. He kills the remaining house of Ahab and its allies in Jezreel. [Bridge] Jehonadab joins Jehu after the king tests whether his heart is right. Jehu announces a great sacrifice to Baal and gathers every worshipper. The worshippers are killed, and Baal's images and house are destroyed. Jehu retains the golden calves, receives a four-generation promise. [Final Chorus] No Baal Left in the House, let the warning remain, Hidden sin still flowers into pain. The word of the LORD exposed what men concealed, And judgment stood where every heart stood revealed. [Outro] The warning did not vanish with the dust. The final line remembered judgment, fear, and trust.

Named in this songJehuJezreelJezebelMegiddoElijahSamariaAhab

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2 Kings 9: The word against Ahab reaches Jezreel

Jehu's anointing begins in a private room at Ramothgilead and explodes into a rapid coup. A young prophet pours the oil, names the judgment on Ahab's house, and leaves before anyone can negotiate with him. Jehu's fellow officers first mock the messenger and then immediately proclaim Jehu king. Speed governs everything that follows. Joram's watchmen see the approach, messengers vanish into Jehu's company, and both Joram of Israel and Ahaziah of Judah ride out to meet him. The confrontation lands in Naboth's field, where Jehu explicitly ties Joram's death to the blood remembered from Ahab's reign. Ahaziah also falls while fleeing. Jezebel then meets Jehu from a window with an accusation drawn from Israel's own royal record, but palace attendants turn against her. Her violent death and unburied remains close the chapter under Elijah's earlier word. The long-delayed judgment reaches Jezreel in a matter of hours.

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2 Kings 10: Jehu destroys Ahab's house but keeps Jeroboam's calves

Jehu's destruction of Ahab's house widens from Jezreel to Samaria and from the royal family to Baal's institutional presence. He begins with letters that force the guardians of Ahab's descendants to choose between resistance and complicity, and their submission ends with seventy severed heads at Jezreel's gate. Relatives of Ahaziah are killed on the road, while Jehonadab is welcomed into Jehu's chariot as a witness to his declared zeal. Jehu then uses deception and religious ceremony to gather Baal's worshippers into one place, kills them, destroys the images, and turns the temple into a latrine. Yet the chapter's own evaluation refuses to let this become a simple portrait of complete faithfulness. The calves at Bethel and Dan remain, and Jehu does not walk in the law of the LORD with all his heart. He receives a promise of four generations on Israel's throne even as Hazael begins cutting away Israel's territory.

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