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Ahab and Jehu
How Ahab and Jehu are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Jehu served Ahab.
Jehu once rode behind Ahab as one of his men. Anointed king, he was sent to smite "the house of Ahab thy master", and he destroyed all that remained of it.
when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father
2 Kings 9:25, King James Version
the house of Ahab thy master
2 Kings 9:7, King James Version
he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria
2 Kings 10:17, King James Version
Where they cross: 2 Kings 9:24-26
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
2 Kings 9:7
7And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jezebel.
2 Kings 9:24-26
24And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
25Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the Lord laid this burden upon him;
26Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the Lord. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the Lord.
2 Kings 10:17
17And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the Lord, which he spake to Elijah.
King James Version