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23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal and said unto the worshipers of Baal, “Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the Lord, but the worshipers of Baal only.”

24 And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men outside and said, “If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him.”

25 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, “Go in and slay them; let none come forth!” And they smote them with the edge of the sword. And the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

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