¹⁰ Listen to me. Everything the Lord's servant Elijah promised about Ahab's family will come true.”^[a]

^11 (A) Then Jehu killed the rest of Ahab's relatives living in Jezreel, as well as his highest officials, his priests, and his closest friends. No one in Ahab's family was left alive in Jezreel.

^12-13 Jehu left for Samaria, and along the way, he met some relatives of King Ahaziah of Judah at a place where shepherds meet.^[b] He asked, “Who are you?”

“We are relatives of Ahaziah,” they answered. “We're going to visit his family.”