2 Kinds 8 10 Kings and kingdoms

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What was ancient Jewelry like? Hazael returns to Aram and tells the king that he'll recover. But the next day, he dips the king's bedcover in water and smothers him with it until he dies.
Just a Flesh Wound
Five years into King Joram's reign in Israel, Jehoshaphat's son Jehoram becomes the new king of Judah. He begins ruling at age 32 and rules for eight years.
He's married to Ahab's daughter and hence becomes a bad king. But God is still merciful towards Judah, because of his love for David.
After his death, his son Ahaziah succeeds him. He only rules for one year and begins when he's 22 years old. He's also a wicked king, given that he's Ahab's son-in-law.
High Class Alpo
When Jehu arrives at Jezreel, Jezebel paints her eyes and adorns her head and looks at her window.
She asks him if he intends peace (apparently pretty sure he doesn't). Jehu urges her eunuchs to help him. They throw her out the window, killing her.
Her blood splatters on the wall and Jehu's horses trample her.
Jehu goes into her house and eats and drinks. Then he orders his servants to bury her—but it turns out that dogs have already eaten every part of her except for her skull, feet, and the palms of her hands.
This fulfills the prophecy that Elijah had made in 1 Kings about the death of Jezebel.
Baal Falls
Jehu tells the people that Ahab has served Baal, but Jehu will serve him even better. He orders them to assemble all the priests and prophets and worshippers of Baal, saying that whoever is missing will die.
(But psst—he's secretly planning on massacring all the devotees of Baal.)
All the Baal fans gather together in Baal's temple. Jehu has them make sure that none of the worshippers of God are among them.
After he officiates over a few burnt sacrifices to Baal (just for show), he has eighty of his men come in and slaughter every worshipper of Baal. They then destroy the pillar of Baal and the temple itself, turning it into a latrine that would remain into the narrator's lifetime.
Well, Nobody's Perfect
However, despite Jehu's righteousness in committing all of these, uh, mass murders, he doesn't fully walk-the-walk. He persists in the sins of Jeroboam, getting involved with golden calves and such.
Despite this, God still rewards him and promises him that his descendants will remain on the throne for another four generations.
Israel continues to deal with outside threats, which trim territory away from it. Hazael and the Arameans manage to take over territory from the Jordan eastward (places like Gilead and Bashan).
Jehu rules over Israel for twenty-eight years and then dies. His son Jehoahaz takes over.

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