house of Ahab spilled in exquisite justice. “Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart,” so spoke Jehovah to Jehu (2 Kings 10:30 KJV). Enough? No. With such punctilious fulfillment of his commission in ridding the kingdom of its lingering and gross injustices and the perverted worship of Baal, Jehu fell short of the necessary reform: “He departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made
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