¹Erant autem Achab septuaginta filii in Samaria:Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria.scripsit ergo Jehu litteras,And so Jehu wrote letters,et misit in Samariam,and he sent to Samaria,ad optimates civitatis,to the nobles of the city,et ad majores natu,and to those greater by birth,et ad nutritios Achab,and to those who had raised Ahab’s sons,dicens:saying:

¹Erant autem Achab septuaginta filii in Samaria:Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria.scripsit ergo Jehu litteras,And so Jehu wrote letters,et misit in Samariam,and he sent to Samaria,ad optimates civitatis,to the nobles of the city,et ad majores natu,and to those greater by birth,et ad nutritios Achab,and to those who had raised Ahab’s sons,dicens:saying:

²Statim ut acceperitis litteras has,“Immediately when you receive these letters,qui habetis filios domini vestri,you who have your lord’s sons,et currus,and chariots,et equos,and horses,et civitates firmas,and reinforced cities,et arma,and weapons,

²Statim ut acceperitis litteras has,“Immediately when you receive these letters,qui habetis filios domini vestri,you who have your lord’s sons,et currus,and chariots,et equos,and horses,et civitates firmas,and reinforced cities,et arma,and weapons,

³eligite meliorem,choose him who is betteret eum qui vobis placuerit de filiis domini vestri,and who pleases you from among the sons of your lord,et eum ponite super solium patris sui,and set him on the throne of his father,et pugnate pro domo domini vestri.and fight for the house of your lord.”

³eligite meliorem,choose him who is betteret eum qui vobis placuerit de filiis domini vestri,and who pleases you from among the sons of your lord,et eum ponite super solium patris sui,and set him on the throne of his father,et pugnate pro domo domini vestri.and fight for the house of your lord.”

⁴Timuerunt illi vehementer,But they were vehemently afraid,et dixerunt:and they said:Ecce duo reges non potuerunt stare coram eo,“Behold, two kings were not able to stand before him.et quomodo nos valebimus resistere?So how will we be able to withstand him?”

⁴Timuerunt illi vehementer,But they were vehemently afraid,et dixerunt:and they said:Ecce duo reges non potuerunt stare coram eo,“Behold, two kings were not able to stand before him.et quomodo nos valebimus resistere?So how will we be able to withstand him?”

⁵Miserunt ergo præpositi domus,Therefore, those who were in charge of the house,et præfecti civitatis,and the prefects of the city,et majores natu,and those greater by birth,et nutritii, ad Jehu,and those who raised the sons,dicentes:sent to Jehu,Servi tui sumus:saying: “We are your servants.quæcumque jusseris faciemus,Whatever you will order, we will do.nec constituemus nobis regem:But we will not appoint a king for ourselves.quæcumque tibi placent, fac.Do whatever pleases you.”

⁵Miserunt ergo præpositi domus,Therefore, those who were in charge of the house,et præfecti civitatis,and the prefects of the city,et majores natu,and those greater by birth,et nutritii, ad Jehu,and those who raised the sons,dicentes:sent to Jehu,Servi tui sumus:saying: “We are your servants.quæcumque jusseris faciemus,Whatever you will order, we will do.nec constituemus nobis regem:But we will not appoint a king for ourselves.quæcumque tibi placent, fac.Do whatever pleases you.”

⁶Rescripsit autem eis litteras secundo,Then he again wrote letters to them a second time,dicens:saying:Si mei estis,“If you are mine,et obeditis mihi,and if you obey me,tollite capita filiorum domini vestri,take the heads of the sons of your lord,et venite ad me hac eadem hora cras in Jezrahel.and come to me at Jezreel at this same hour tomorrow.”Porro filii regis,Now the sons of the king,septuaginta viri,being seventy men,apud optimates civitates nutriebantur.were being raised with the nobles of the city.

⁶Rescripsit autem eis litteras secundo,Then he again wrote letters to them a second time,dicens:saying:Si mei estis,“If you are mine,et obeditis mihi,and if you obey me,tollite capita filiorum domini vestri,take the heads of the sons of your lord,et venite ad me hac eadem hora cras in Jezrahel.and come to me at Jezreel at this same hour tomorrow.”Porro filii regis,Now the sons of the king,septuaginta viri,being seventy men,apud optimates civitates nutriebantur.were being raised with the nobles of the city.

⁷Cumque venissent litteras ad eos,And when the letters had arrived to them,tulerunt filios regis,they took the sons of the king,et occiderunt septuaginta viros,and they killed the seventy men.et posuerunt capita eorum in cophinis,And they placed their heads in baskets,et miserunt ad eum in Jezrahel.and they sent these to him at Jezreel.

⁷Cumque venissent litteras ad eos,And when the letters had arrived to them,tulerunt filios regis,they took the sons of the king,et occiderunt septuaginta viros,and they killed the seventy men.et posuerunt capita eorum in cophinis,And they placed their heads in baskets,et miserunt ad eum in Jezrahel.and they sent these to him at Jezreel.

⁸Venit autem nuntius, et indicavit ei,Then a messenger arrived and reported to him,dicens:saying,Attulerunt capita filiorum regis.“They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.”Qui respondit:And he responded,Ponite ea ad duos acervos juxta introitum portæ usque mane.“Place them in two piles, beside the entrance of the gate, until morning.”

⁸Venit autem nuntius, et indicavit ei,Then a messenger arrived and reported to him,dicens:saying,Attulerunt capita filiorum regis.“They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.”Qui respondit:And he responded,Ponite ea ad duos acervos juxta introitum portæ usque mane.“Place them in two piles, beside the entrance of the gate, until morning.”

⁹Cumque diluxisset, egressus est,And when it had become light, he went out.et stans dixit ad omnem populum:And standing there, he said to all the people:Justi estis:“You are just.si ego conjuravi contra dominum meum et interfeci eum,If I have conspired against my lord, and if I have killed him,quis percussit omnes hos?who has struck down all of these?

⁹Cumque diluxisset, egressus est,And when it had become light, he went out.et stans dixit ad omnem populum:And standing there, he said to all the people:Justi estis:“You are just.si ego conjuravi contra dominum meum et interfeci eum,If I have conspired against my lord, and if I have killed him,quis percussit omnes hos?who has struck down all of these?

¹⁰videte ergo nunc quoniam non cecidit de sermonibus Domini in terram,Now therefore, see that none of the words of the Lord has fallen to the ground,quos locutus est Dominus super domum Achab:which the Lord spoke over the house of Ahab,et Dominus fecit quod locutus est in manu servi sui Eliæ.and that the Lord has done what he spoke by the hand of his servant Elijah.”

¹⁰videte ergo nunc quoniam non cecidit de sermonibus Domini in terram,Now therefore, see that none of the words of the Lord has fallen to the ground,quos locutus est Dominus super domum Achab:which the Lord spoke over the house of Ahab,et Dominus fecit quod locutus est in manu servi sui Eliæ.and that the Lord has done what he spoke by the hand of his servant Elijah.”

¹¹Percussit igitur Jehu omnes qui reliqui erant de domo Achab in Jezrahel,And so, Jehu struck down all who had remained from the house of Ahab in Jezreel,et universos optimates ejus, et notos, et sacerdotes,and all his nobles and friends and priests,donec non remanerent ex eo reliquiæ.until no remnant of them was left behind.

¹¹Percussit igitur Jehu omnes qui reliqui erant de domo Achab in Jezrahel,And so, Jehu struck down all who had remained from the house of Ahab in Jezreel,et universos optimates ejus, et notos, et sacerdotes,and all his nobles and friends and priests,donec non remanerent ex eo reliquiæ.until no remnant of them was left behind.

¹²Et surrexit,And he rose upet venit in Samariam:and went to Samaria.cumque venisset ad Cameram pastorum in via,And when he had arrived at the shepherds’ cabin along the way,

¹²Et surrexit,And he rose upet venit in Samariam:and went to Samaria.cumque venisset ad Cameram pastorum in via,And when he had arrived at the shepherds’ cabin along the way,

¹³invenit fratres Ochoziæ regis Juda:he found the brothers of Ahaziah, the king of Judah,dixitque ad eos:and he said to them,Quinam estis vos?“Who are you?”Qui responderunt:And they responded,Fratres Ochoziæ sumus,“We are the brothers of Ahaziah,et descendimus ad salutandos filios regis,and we are going down to greet the sons of the king,et filios reginæ.and the sons of the queen.”

¹³invenit fratres Ochoziæ regis Juda:he found the brothers of Ahaziah, the king of Judah,dixitque ad eos:and he said to them,Quinam estis vos?“Who are you?”Qui responderunt:And they responded,Fratres Ochoziæ sumus,“We are the brothers of Ahaziah,et descendimus ad salutandos filios regis,and we are going down to greet the sons of the king,et filios reginæ.and the sons of the queen.”

¹⁴Qui ait:And he said,Comprehendite eos vivos.“Take them alive.”Quos cum comprehendissent vivos,And when they had taken them alive,jugulaverunt eos in cisterna juxta Cameram,they cut their throats at the cistern beside the cabin,quadraginta duos viros:forty-two men.et non reliquit ex eis quemquam.And he did not leave any of them behind.

¹⁴Qui ait:And he said,Comprehendite eos vivos.“Take them alive.”Quos cum comprehendissent vivos,And when they had taken them alive,jugulaverunt eos in cisterna juxta Cameram,they cut their throats at the cistern beside the cabin,quadraginta duos viros:forty-two men.et non reliquit ex eis quemquam.And he did not leave any of them behind.

¹⁵Cumque abiisset inde,And when he had gone away from there,invenit Jonadab filium Rechab in occursum sibi,he found Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, coming to meet him,et benedixit ei.and he blessed him.Et ait ad eum:And he said to him,Numquid est cor tuum rectum,“Is your heart upright,sicut cor meum cum corde tuo?just as my heart is with your heart?”Et ait Jonadab:And Jehonadab said,Est. Si est,“It is.” Then he said,inquit,“If it is,da manum tuam. Qui dedit ei manum suam.then give me your hand.” He gave his hand to him.At ille levavit eum ad se in currum:And so he lifted him up to himself in the chariot.

¹⁵Cumque abiisset inde,And when he had gone away from there,invenit Jonadab filium Rechab in occursum sibi,he found Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, coming to meet him,et benedixit ei.and he blessed him.Et ait ad eum:And he said to him,Numquid est cor tuum rectum,“Is your heart upright,sicut cor meum cum corde tuo?just as my heart is with your heart?”Et ait Jonadab:And Jehonadab said,Est. Si est,“It is.” Then he said,inquit,“If it is,da manum tuam. Qui dedit ei manum suam.then give me your hand.” He gave his hand to him.At ille levavit eum ad se in currum:And so he lifted him up to himself in the chariot.

¹⁶dixitque ad eum:And he said to him,Veni mecum,“Come with me,et vide zelum meum pro Domino.and see my zeal for the Lord.”Et impositum in curru suoAnd he gave him a place in his chariot.

¹⁶dixitque ad eum:And he said to him,Veni mecum,“Come with me,et vide zelum meum pro Domino.and see my zeal for the Lord.”Et impositum in curru suoAnd he gave him a place in his chariot.

¹⁷duxit in Samariam.And he led him into Samaria.Et percussit omnes qui reliqui fuerant de Achab in Samaria usque ad unum,And he struck down all who were left behind of Ahab in Samaria, even to the last one,juxta verbum Domini quod locutus est per Eliam.in accord with the word of the Lord, which he spoke through Elijah.

¹⁷duxit in Samariam.And he led him into Samaria.Et percussit omnes qui reliqui fuerant de Achab in Samaria usque ad unum,And he struck down all who were left behind of Ahab in Samaria, even to the last one,juxta verbum Domini quod locutus est per Eliam.in accord with the word of the Lord, which he spoke through Elijah.

¹⁸Congregavit ergo Jehu omnem populum,Then Jehu gathered together the entire people.et dixit ad eos:And he said to them:Achab coluit Baal parum,“Ahab worshipped Baal a little,ego autem colam eum amplius.but I will worship him even more.

¹⁸Congregavit ergo Jehu omnem populum,Then Jehu gathered together the entire people.et dixit ad eos:And he said to them:Achab coluit Baal parum,“Ahab worshipped Baal a little,ego autem colam eum amplius.but I will worship him even more.

¹⁹Nunc igitur omnes prophetas Baal, et universos servos ejus,Now therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal,et cunctos sacerdotes ipsius vocate ad me:and all his servants, and all his priests.nullus sit qui non veniat:Let no one be permitted not to come,sacrificium enim grande est mihi Baal:for great is the sacrifice from me to Baal.quicumque defuerit,Whoever will fail to come,non vivet. Porro Jehu faciebat hoc insidiose,he shall not live.” Now Jehu was doing this treacherously,ut disperderet cultores Baal.so that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.

¹⁹Nunc igitur omnes prophetas Baal, et universos servos ejus,Now therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal,et cunctos sacerdotes ipsius vocate ad me:and all his servants, and all his priests.nullus sit qui non veniat:Let no one be permitted not to come,sacrificium enim grande est mihi Baal:for great is the sacrifice from me to Baal.quicumque defuerit,Whoever will fail to come,non vivet. Porro Jehu faciebat hoc insidiose,he shall not live.” Now Jehu was doing this treacherously,ut disperderet cultores Baal.so that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.

²⁰Et dixit:And he said:Sanctificate diem solemnem Baal.“Sanctify a day of solemnity for Baal.”Vocavitque,And he summoned

²⁰Et dixit:And he said:Sanctificate diem solemnem Baal.“Sanctify a day of solemnity for Baal.”Vocavitque,And he summoned

²¹et misit in universos terminos Israël,and sent into all the borders of Israel.et venerunt cuncti servi Baal:And all the servants of Baal came.non fuit residuus ne unus quidem qui non veniret.There was left behind not even one who did not arrive.Et ingressi sunt templum Baal:And they entered into the temple of Baal.et repleta est domus Baal,And the house of Baal was filled,a summo usque ad summum.all the way from end to end.

²¹et misit in universos terminos Israël,and sent into all the borders of Israel.et venerunt cuncti servi Baal:And all the servants of Baal came.non fuit residuus ne unus quidem qui non veniret.There was left behind not even one who did not arrive.Et ingressi sunt templum Baal:And they entered into the temple of Baal.et repleta est domus Baal,And the house of Baal was filled,a summo usque ad summum.all the way from end to end.

²²Dixitque his qui erant super vestes:And he said to those who were over the vestments,Proferte vestimenta universis servis Baal.“Bring forth vestments for all the servants of Baal.”Et protulerunt eis vestes.And they brought forth vestments for them.

²²Dixitque his qui erant super vestes:And he said to those who were over the vestments,Proferte vestimenta universis servis Baal.“Bring forth vestments for all the servants of Baal.”Et protulerunt eis vestes.And they brought forth vestments for them.

²³Ingressusque Jehu, et Jonadab filius Rechab,And Jehu, upon entering the temple of Baal with Jehonadab,templum Baal,the son of Rechab,ait cultoribus Baal: Perquirite,said to the worshippers of Baal,et videte, ne quis forte vobiscum sit de servis Domini,“Inquire and see that there is no one with you from the servants of the Lord,sed ut sint servi Baal soli.but only from the servants of Baal.”

²³Ingressusque Jehu, et Jonadab filius Rechab,And Jehu, upon entering the temple of Baal with Jehonadab,templum Baal,the son of Rechab,ait cultoribus Baal: Perquirite,said to the worshippers of Baal,et videte, ne quis forte vobiscum sit de servis Domini,“Inquire and see that there is no one with you from the servants of the Lord,sed ut sint servi Baal soli.but only from the servants of Baal.”

²⁴Ingressi sunt igitur ut facerent victimasThen they entered,et holocausta:so that they might offer victims and holocausts.Jehu autem præparaverat sibi foris octoginta viros,But Jehu had prepared for himself eighty men outside.et dixerat eis:And he had said to them,Quicumque fugerit de hominibus his,“If anyone escapes from among these men,quos ego adduxero in manus vestras,whom I have led into your hands,anima ejus erit pro anima illius.your life will take the place of his life.”

²⁴Ingressi sunt igitur ut facerent victimasThen they entered,et holocausta:so that they might offer victims and holocausts.Jehu autem præparaverat sibi foris octoginta viros,But Jehu had prepared for himself eighty men outside.et dixerat eis:And he had said to them,Quicumque fugerit de hominibus his,“If anyone escapes from among these men,quos ego adduxero in manus vestras,whom I have led into your hands,anima ejus erit pro anima illius.your life will take the place of his life.”

²⁵Factum est autem,Then it happened that,cum completum esset holocaustum,when the holocaust had been completed,præcepit Jehu militibus et ducibus suis:Jehu ordered his soldiers and officers,Ingredimini,saying:et percutite eos:“Enter and strike them down.nullus evadat.Let no one escape.”Percusseruntque eos in ore gladii,And the soldiers and officers struck them down with the edge of the sword,et projecerunt milites et duces:and they cast them out.et ierunt in civitatem templi Baal,And they went into the city of the temple of Baal,

²⁵Factum est autem,Then it happened that,cum completum esset holocaustum,when the holocaust had been completed,præcepit Jehu militibus et ducibus suis:Jehu ordered his soldiers and officers,Ingredimini,saying:et percutite eos:“Enter and strike them down.nullus evadat.Let no one escape.”Percusseruntque eos in ore gladii,And the soldiers and officers struck them down with the edge of the sword,et projecerunt milites et duces:and they cast them out.et ierunt in civitatem templi Baal,And they went into the city of the temple of Baal,

²⁶et protulerunt statuam de fano Baal,and they took away the statue from the shrine of Baal,et combusserunt,and they burned it up

²⁶et protulerunt statuam de fano Baal,and they took away the statue from the shrine of Baal,et combusserunt,and they burned it up

²⁷et comminuerunt eam. Destruxerunt quoque ædem Baal,and crushed it. They also tore down the temple of Baal,et fecerunt pro ea latrinas usque in diem hanc.and they made it into a latrine, even to this day.

²⁷et comminuerunt eam. Destruxerunt quoque ædem Baal,and crushed it. They also tore down the temple of Baal,et fecerunt pro ea latrinas usque in diem hanc.and they made it into a latrine, even to this day.

²⁸Delevit itaque Jehu Baal de Israël:And thus did Jehu wipe away Baal from Israel.

²⁸Delevit itaque Jehu Baal de Israël:And thus did Jehu wipe away Baal from Israel.

²⁹verumtamen a peccatis Jeroboam filii Nabat,Yet truly, he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam,qui peccare fecit Israël, non recessit,the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.nec dereliquit vitulos aureos qui erant in Bethel et in Dan.Neither did he forsake the golden calves, which were in Bethel and Dan.

²⁹verumtamen a peccatis Jeroboam filii Nabat,Yet truly, he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam,qui peccare fecit Israël, non recessit,the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.nec dereliquit vitulos aureos qui erant in Bethel et in Dan.Neither did he forsake the golden calves, which were in Bethel and Dan.

³⁰Dixit autem Dominus ad Jehu:Then the Lord said to Jehu:Quia studiose egisti quod rectum erat, et placebat in oculis meis,“Since you have diligently carried out what was right and pleasing in my eyes,et omnia quæ erant in corde meo fecisti contra domum Achab:and since you have accomplished, against the house of Ahab, all that was in my heart,filii tui usque ad quartam generationem sedebunt super thronum Israël.your sons shall sit upon the throne of Israel, even to the fourth generation.”

³⁰Dixit autem Dominus ad Jehu:Then the Lord said to Jehu:Quia studiose egisti quod rectum erat, et placebat in oculis meis,“Since you have diligently carried out what was right and pleasing in my eyes,et omnia quæ erant in corde meo fecisti contra domum Achab:and since you have accomplished, against the house of Ahab, all that was in my heart,filii tui usque ad quartam generationem sedebunt super thronum Israël.your sons shall sit upon the throne of Israel, even to the fourth generation.”

³¹Porro Jehu non custodivit ut ambularet in lege Domini Dei Israël in toto corde suo:But Jehu did not take care, so that he might walk in the law of the Lord, the God of Israel,non enim recessit a peccatis Jeroboam,with all his heart. For he did not withdraw from the sins of Jeroboam,qui peccare fecerat Israël.who had caused Israel to sin.

³¹Porro Jehu non custodivit ut ambularet in lege Domini Dei Israël in toto corde suo:But Jehu did not take care, so that he might walk in the law of the Lord, the God of Israel,non enim recessit a peccatis Jeroboam,with all his heart. For he did not withdraw from the sins of Jeroboam,qui peccare fecerat Israël.who had caused Israel to sin.

³²In diebus illis cœpit Dominus tædere super Israël:In those days, the Lord began to be weary of Israel.percussitque eos Hazaël in universis finibus Israël,And Hazael struck them throughout all the parts of Israel,

³²In diebus illis cœpit Dominus tædere super Israël:In those days, the Lord began to be weary of Israel.percussitque eos Hazaël in universis finibus Israël,And Hazael struck them throughout all the parts of Israel,

³³a Jordane contra orientalem plagam,from the Jordan opposite the eastern region,omnem terram Galaad,in all the land of Gilead,et Gad,and Gad,et Ruben,and Reuben,et Manasse,and Manasseh,ab Aroër,from Aroer,quæ est super torrentem Arnon,which is above the torrent Arnon,et Galaad,in both Gileadet Basan.and Bashan.

³³a Jordane contra orientalem plagam,from the Jordan opposite the eastern region,omnem terram Galaad,in all the land of Gilead,et Gad,and Gad,et Ruben,and Reuben,et Manasse,and Manasseh,ab Aroër,from Aroer,quæ est super torrentem Arnon,which is above the torrent Arnon,et Galaad,in both Gileadet Basan.and Bashan.

³⁴Reliqua autem verborum Jehu,But the rest of the words of Jehu,et universa quæ fecit,and all that he did,et fortitudo ejus,and his strength,nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Israël?have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

³⁴Reliqua autem verborum Jehu,But the rest of the words of Jehu,et universa quæ fecit,and all that he did,et fortitudo ejus,and his strength,nonne hæc scripta sunt in libro verborum dierum regum Israël?have these not been written in the book of the words of the days of the kings of Israel?

³⁵Et dormivit Jehu cum patribus suis,And Jehu slept with his fathers,sepelieruntque eum in Samaria:and they buried him in Samaria.et regnavit Joachaz filius ejus pro eo.And Jehoahaz, his son, reigned in his place.

³⁵Et dormivit Jehu cum patribus suis,And Jehu slept with his fathers,sepelieruntque eum in Samaria:and they buried him in Samaria.et regnavit Joachaz filius ejus pro eo.And Jehoahaz, his son, reigned in his place.

³⁶Dies autem quos regnavit Jehu super Israël,Now the days during which Jehu reigned over Israel,vigintiin Samaria,et octo anni sunt in Samaria.were twenty-eight years.

³⁶Dies autem quos regnavit Jehu super Israël,Now the days during which Jehu reigned over Israel,vigintiin Samaria,et octo anni sunt in Samaria.were twenty-eight years.