Jehu

Narrator: Chris Genthree
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(who exists). (1) Prophet of Judah (1 Kings 16:1-71Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, 2Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; 3Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 4Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. 5Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? 6So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead. 7And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the Lord against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him. (1 Kings 16:1‑7)). (2) Tenth king of Israel B. C. 884-856. He extirpated Ahab’s line according to the prophecies (1 Kings 19:16-1716And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. 17And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. (1 Kings 19:16‑17); 2 Kings 9; 10). (3) A Judahite (1 Chron. 2:3838And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, (1 Chronicles 2:38)). (4) A Simeonite (1 Chron. 4:3535And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, (1 Chronicles 4:35)). (5) A Benjamite (1 Chron. 12:33The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite, (1 Chronicles 12:3)).