26. and carried out the image of Baal. They burnt it
27. and broke it into pieces, then they completely destroyed Baal's temple. And since that time, it's been nothing but a public toilet.
28. That's how Jehu stopped the worship of Baal in Israel.
29. But he did not stop the worship of the gold statues of calves at Dan and Bethel that Jeroboam had made for the people to worship.
30. Later the Lord said, “Jehu, you have done right by destroying Ahab's entire family, just as I had planned. So I will make sure that the next four kings of Israel will come from your own family.”
31. But Jehu did not completely obey the commands of the Lord God of Israel. Instead, he kept doing the sinful things that Jeroboam had caused the Israelites to do.
32. In those days the Lord began to reduce the size of Israel's territory. King Hazael of Syria defeated the Israelites and took control
33. of the regions of Gilead and Bashan east of the River Jordan and north of the town of Aroer near the River Arnon. This was the land where the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh had once lived.
34. Everything else Jehu did while he was king, including his brave deeds, is written in The History of the Kings of Israel.
35. Jehu died and was buried in Samaria, and his son Jehoahaz became king.