and the soles of her feet, by foul dogs.
Then the servants told that to the king,
and he said in answer, that it had been so prophesied beforehand.
There were in Samaria seventy princes,
sons of Ahab, the old king,
Joram's brethren. Then the bold Jehu commanded
the citizens that they should choose a prince
from among those seventy, to be their king,
and fight against him in defence of their lords.
Then the citizens sent to the renowned Jehu,
promising him obedience to all his commands.
Then Jehu ordered them to bring
all the heads of the princes on the morrow,
and he destroyed afterward every one of the race.
Then he returned to Samaria, the aforesaid city,
and bade men call to him the false idolaters,
who worshipped Baal, desiring [them] to speak with him.
Then he bade [call] the ministers of the devil's temple,
saying that he wished to worship him as God,
even as Ahab did, and. even yet more.
Then all the priests came: to the king,
and he bade them enter in unto the god Baal,
and offer to him their devout sacrifices.
Lo then! Jehu commanded men to slay them all,
and burn up Baal, and break down his temple.
They turned it into a draught-house, where the god Baal
before was wickedly worshipped until that time.
Then came God's word to the king thus,
'Because thou hast zealously executed my will
on Ahab's offspring, and hast destroyed them all,
thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel
until the fourth generation, in lineal succession.'
