^{18 Ref} Then Jehu got all the people together and said to them, Ahab was Baal's servant in a small way, but Jehu will be his servant on a great scale.

^{19 Ref} Now send for all the prophets of Baal and all his servants and all his priests, to come to me; let no one keep away: for I have a great offering to make to Baal; anyone who is not present, will be put to death. This Jehu did with deceit, his purpose being the destruction of the servants of Baal.

^{20 Ref} And Jehu said, Let there be a special holy meeting for the worship of Baal. So a public statement was made.

^{21 Ref} And Jehu sent out through all Israel; and all the servants of Baal came, not one kept away. And they came into the house of Baal, so that it was full from end to end.

^{22 Ref} And Jehu said to him who kept the robes, Get out robes for all the servants of Baal. So he got out robes for them.

^{23 Ref} And Jehu, with Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, went into the house of Baal; and he said to the servants of Baal, Make a search with care, to see that no servant of the Lord is with you, but only servants of Baal.

^{24 Ref} Then they went in to make offerings and burned offerings. Now Jehu had put eighty men outside, and said to them, If any man whom I give into your hands gets away, the life of him who lets him go will be the price of his life.

^{25 Ref} Then when the burned offering was ended, straight away Jehu said to the armed men and the captains, Go in and put them to death; let not one come out. So they put them to the sword; and, pulling the images to the earth, they went into the holy place of the house of Baal.

^{26 Ref} And they took out the image of Asherah from the house of Baal, and had it burned.

^{27 Ref} The altar of Baal was pulled down and the house of Baal was broken up and made an unclean place, as it is to this day.

²⁸ So Jehu put an end to the worship of Baal in Israel.