Then Jehu brought together all the people. He said to them,“ Ahab served the god named Baal a little. I will serve him a lot.

耶户招聚众民，对他们说：“亚哈侍奉巴力还冷淡，耶户却更热心。

耶户召集众百姓，对他们说：“亚哈事奉巴力还不够热心，耶户更要热心。

耶户召集众百姓，对他们说：“亚哈事奉巴力还不够热心，耶户更要热心。

耶户召集了所有的人，对他们说：“亚哈供奉巴力还不够热心，我耶户要更热心地供奉他。

耶户集合众民，对他们说：“从前亚哈信奉巴力还算是少，耶户要信奉更多。

耶戶招聚眾民，對他們說：「亞哈事奉巴力還冷淡，耶戶卻更熱心。

耶戶召集眾百姓，對他們說：「亞哈事奉巴力還不夠熱心，耶戶更要熱心。

耶戶召集眾百姓，對他們說：「亞哈事奉巴力還不夠熱心，耶戶更要熱心。

耶戶召集了所有的人，對他們說：「亞哈供奉巴力還不夠熱心，我耶戶要更熱心地供奉他。

耶戶集合眾民，對他們說：“從前亞哈信奉巴力還算是少，耶戶要信奉更多。

耶戶集合了眾民，對他們說：『亞哈事奉巴力還是小可，耶戶卻要大大事奉他。

耶戶集民眾、謂之曰、亞哈奉事巴力猶少、耶戶將事之加多焉、

耶戶集民眾、告曰、亞哈服事巴力、尚未勤也、耶戶將事之尤勤。

耶戶集民眾謂之曰、亞哈奉事巴力、尚未甚殷勤、耶戶將事之更殷勤、

Then Jehu brought all the people together and said to them,“ Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much.

Then Jehu assembled all the people and said to them,“ Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much.

Then Jehu called a meeting of all the people of the city and said to them,“ Ahab’s worship of Baal was nothing compared to the way I will worship him!

Then Jehu brought all the people together and said to them,“ Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.

Then Jehu gathered all the people and said to them,“ Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much.

Then Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them,“ Ahab served Baal a little, Jehu will serve him much.

And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him much.

Then Jehu brought all the people together and said to them,“ Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.

And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little;[ but] Jehu shall serve him much.

Jehu assembled all the people and said to them,“ Ahab worshiped Baal a little; Jehu will worship him with great devotion.

Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them,“ Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him much.

He thought it was only a small thing to commit the sins Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, had committed. Ahab also married Jezebel. She was Ethbaal’s daughter. Ethbaal was king of the people of Sidon. Ahab began to serve the god named Baal and worship him.He set up an altar to honor Baal. He set it up in the temple of Baal that he built in Samaria.

Finally, my brothers and sisters, always think about what is true. Think about what is noble, right and pure. Think about what is lovely and worthy of respect. If anything is excellent or worthy of praise, think about those kinds of things.

Joram did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. But he wasn’t as bad as his father and mother had been. Joram’s father had made a sacred stone used to worship the god named Baal. Joram got rid of it.

Why not say,“ Let’s do evil things so that good things will happen”? Some people actually lie by reporting that this is what we say. They are the ones who will rightly be found guilty.

Will you say evil things in order to help God? Will you tell lies for him?

Then Elijah commanded them,“ Grab the prophets of Baal. Don’t let a single one of them get away!” So they grabbed them. Elijah had them brought down to the Kishon Valley. There he had them put to death.

Now send for people from all over Israel. Tell them to meet me on Mount Carmel. And bring the 450 prophets of the god named Baal. Also bring the 400 prophets of the female god named Asherah. All of them eat at Jezebel’s table.”

Then Elijah said to them,“ I’m the only one of the Lord’ s prophets left. But Baal has 450 prophets.