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2 Kings 10:29 (NLT)
He did not, however, destroy the gold calves at Bethel and Dan, with which Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to sin.
2 Kings 10:30 (NLT)
Nonetheless the Lord said to Jehu, “You have done well in following my instructions to destroy the family of Ahab. Therefore, your descendants will be kings of Israel down to the fourth generation.”
2 Kings 10:31 (NLT)
But Jehu did not obey the Law of the Lord , the God of Israel, with all his heart. He refused to turn from the sins that Jeroboam had led Israel to commit.
2 Kings 10:32 (NLT)
At about that time the Lord began to cut down the size of Israel’s territory. King Hazael conquered several sections of the country
2 Kings 10:33 (NLT)
east of the Jordan River, including all of Gilead, Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh. He conquered the area from the town of Aroer by the Arnon Gorge to as far north as Gilead and Bashan.
2 Kings 10:34 (NLT)
The rest of the events in Jehu’s reign—everything he did and all his achievements—are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Israel.
2 Kings 10:35 (NLT)
When Jehu died, he was buried in Samaria. Then his son Jehoahaz became the next king.
2 Kings 10:36 (NLT)
In all, Jehu reigned over Israel from Samaria for twenty-eight years.
2 Corinthians 10:5 (NLT)
We destroy every proud obstacle that keeps people from knowing God. We capture their rebellious thoughts and teach them to obey Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:7 (NLT)
Look at the obvious facts. Those who say they belong to Christ must recognize that we belong to Christ as much as they do.
2 Corinthians 10:11 (NLT)
Those people should realize that our actions when we arrive in person will be as forceful as what we say in our letters from far away.
2 Samuel 10:1 (NLT)
Some time after this, King Nahash of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun became king.
2 Samuel 10:2 (NLT)
David said, “I am going to show loyalty to Hanun just as his father, Nahash, was always loyal to me.” So David sent ambassadors to express sympathy to Hanun about his father’s death. But when David’s ambassadors arrived in the land of Ammon,
2 Samuel 10:3 (NLT)
the Ammonite commanders said to Hanun, their master, “Do you really think these men are coming here to honor your father? No! David has sent them to spy out the city so they can come in and conquer it!”
2 Samuel 10:4 (NLT)
So Hanun seized David’s ambassadors and shaved off half of each man’s beard, cut off their robes at the buttocks, and sent them back to David in shame.
2 Samuel 10:5 (NLT)
When David heard what had happened, he sent messengers to tell the men, “Stay at Jericho until your beards grow out, and then come back.” For they felt deep shame because of their appearance.
2 Samuel 10:6 (NLT)
When the people of Ammon realized how seriously they had angered David, they sent and hired 20,000 Aramean foot soldiers from the lands of Beth-rehob and Zobah, 1,000 from the king of Maacah, and 12,000 from the land of Tob.
2 Samuel 10:7 (NLT)
When David heard about this, he sent Joab and all his warriors to fight them.
2 Samuel 10:8 (NLT)
The Ammonite troops came out and drew up their battle lines at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans from Zobah and Rehob and the men from Tob and Maacah positioned themselves to fight in the open fields.
2 Samuel 10:9 (NLT)
When Joab saw that he would have to fight on both the front and the rear, he chose some of Israel’s elite troops and placed them under his personal command to fight the Arameans in the fields.
2 Samuel 10:10 (NLT)
He left the rest of the army under the command of his brother Abishai, who was to attack the Ammonites.
2 Samuel 10:11 (NLT)
“If the Arameans are too strong for me, then come over and help me,” Joab told his brother. “And if the Ammonites are too strong for you, I will come and help you.
2 Samuel 10:12 (NLT)
Be courageous! Let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. May the Lord ’s will be done.”
2 Samuel 10:13 (NLT)
When Joab and his troops attacked, the Arameans began to run away.
2 Samuel 10:14 (NLT)
And when the Ammonites saw the Arameans running, they ran from Abishai and retreated into the city. After the battle was over, Joab returned to Jerusalem.