25. As soon as Jehu had presented the offerings, he said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them all; don't let anyone escape!” They went in with drawn swords, killed them all, and dragged the bodies outside. Then they went on into the inner sanctuary of the temple,
26. brought out the sacred pillar that was there, and burnt it.
27. So they destroyed the sacred pillar and the temple, and turned the temple into a latrine — which it still is today.
28. That was how Jehu wiped out the worship of Baal in Israel.
29. But he imitated the sin of King Jeroboam, who led Israel into the sin of worshipping the gold bull calves he set up in Bethel and in Dan.
30. The Lord said to Jehu, “You have done to Ahab's descendants everything I wanted you to do. So I promise you that your descendants, down to the fourth generation, will be kings of Israel.”
31. But Jehu did not obey with all his heart the law of the Lord, the God of Israel; instead, he followed the example of Jeroboam, who led Israel into sin.
32. At that time the Lord began to reduce the size of Israel's territory. King Hazael of Syria conquered all the Israelite territory
33. east of the Jordan, as far south as the town of Aroer on the River Arnon — this included the territories of Gilead and Bashan, where the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and East Manasseh lived.
34. Everything else that Jehu did, including his brave deeds, is recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel.
35. He died and was buried in Samaria, and his son Jehoahaz succeeded him as king.
36. Jehu had ruled in Samaria as king of Israel for 28 years.