25 As soon as Jehu had finished making the burnt offering, he ordered the guards and officers: “Go in and kill(A) them; let no one escape.”(B) So they cut them down with the sword. The guards and officers threw the bodies out and then entered the inner shrine of the temple of Baal. 26 They brought the sacred stone(C) out of the temple of Baal and burned it. 27 They demolished the sacred stone of Baal and tore down the temple(D) of Baal, and people have used it for a latrine to this day.

28 So Jehu(E) destroyed Baal worship in Israel. 29 However, he did not turn away from the sins(F) of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves(G) at Bethel(H) and Dan.

30 The Lord said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in accomplishing what is right in my eyes and have done to the house of Ahab all I had in mind to do, your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.”(I) 31 Yet Jehu was not careful(J) to keep the law of the Lord, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins(K) of Jeroboam, which he had caused Israel to commit.

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