Quotes about Obedience
So the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”
— 2 Kings 9:19
He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.
— 2 Kings 9:32
“Throw her down!” yelled Jehu. So they threw her down, and her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses as they trampled her underfoot.
— 2 Kings 9:33
“When this letter arrives, since your master’s sons are with you and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city and weaponry,
— 2 Kings 10:2
select the best and most worthy son of your master, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.”
— 2 Kings 10:3
Then Jehu set out toward Samaria. At Beth-eked of the Shepherds,
— 2 Kings 10:12
When Jehu came to Samaria, he struck down everyone belonging to Ahab who remained there, until he had destroyed them, according to the word that the LORD had spoken to Elijah.
— 2 Kings 10:17
And Jehu commanded, “Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal.” So they announced it.
— 2 Kings 10:20
Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
— 2 Kings 10:30
Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.
— 2 Kings 10:31
You must surround the king with weapons in hand, and anyone who approaches the ranks must be put to death. You must stay close to the king wherever he goes.”
— 2 Kings 11:8
So the commanders of hundreds did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—and came to Jehoiada the priest.
— 2 Kings 11:9