15. Esesukile khona wafumana uJehonadaba indodana kaRekabi eza ukumhlangabeza; wambingelela, wathi kuye: “Inhliziyo yakho ilungelene nenhliziyo yami njengeyami ilungelene neyakho na?”Wathi uJehonadaba: “Yebo.”Wathi uJehu: “Uma kunjalo, nginike isandla sakho.” Wamnika isandla sakhe, wamkhwelisa enqoleni yakhe.
16. Wayesethi: “Hamba nami, ubone ukushisekela kwami uJehova.” Base bemkhwelisa enqoleni yakhe.
17. Esefike eSamariya wabulala bonke abaseleyo baka-Ahabi eSamariya, waze wamqeda njengezwi likaJehova alikhuluma ku-Eliya.
18. UJehu wabutha bonke abantu, wathi kubo: “U-Ahabi wamkhonza uBali kancane, kepha uJehu uyakumkhonza kakhulu.
19. Ngalokho ngibizele bonke abaprofethi bakaBali, zonke izinceku zakhe, nabo bonke abapristi bakhe, kungasali muntu, ngokuba nginomhlatshelo omkhulu kuBali; bonke abafunyaniswa bengekho abayikuphila.” Kepha uJehu wakwenza ngobuqili ukuba abhubhise izinceku zikaBali.
20. Wayesethi uJehu: “Mngcweliseleni uBali umhlangano womkhosi.” Bawumemezela-ke.
21. UJehu wathumela ku-Israyeli wonke; zonke izinceku zikaBali zafika, akwaze kwasala muntu ongafikanga; zangena endlini kaBali, indlu kaBali yagcwala yathi swi, kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni.
22. Wathi kumphathi wekamelo lezambatho: “Zikhiphele zonke izinceku zikaBali izambatho.” Wazikhiphela izambatho.
23. Wayesengena uJehu noJehonadaba indodana kaRekabi endlini kaBali; wathi ezincekwini zikaBali: “Cingani, nibone ukuba kungabikho kini lapha noyedwa wezinceku zikaJehova, izinceku zikaBali kuphela.”
24. Bangena ukunikela ngemihlatshelo nangeminikelo yokushiswa. UJehu wayezimisele ngaphandle abantu abangamashumi ayisishiyagalombili, wathi: “Uma kuphunyuka umuntu walaba bantu engibaletha ezandleni zenu, kuyakuba ngukuphila ngokuphila.”
25. Kwathi eseqedile ukunikela ngomnikelo wokushiswa, uJehu wathi kubalindi nasezinduneni: “Ngenani, nibabulale, kungaphumi muntu.” Bababulala ngosiko lwenkemba. Abalindi nezinduna babantshinga phandle, bangena ekamelweni eliphakathi lendlu kaBali.
26. Bakhipha izinsika ezazisendlini kaBali, bazishisa.
27. Babhidliza insika kaBali, badiliza indlu kaBali, bazenza izindlu zendle kuze kube namuhla.
28. UJehu wamchitha-ke uBali kwa-Israyeli.
29. Kepha akasukanga ekulandeleni izono zikaJerobowamu indodana kaNebati onisa ngazo u-Israyeli, namathole egolide ayeseBethele nakwaDani.
30. UJehova wathi kuJehu: “Ngenxa yokuba wenze kahle ngokufeza okulungile emehlweni ami, futhi wenze kuyo indlu ka-Ahabi njengakho konke okwakusenhliziyweni yami, amadodana akho ezizukulwane ezine ayakuhlala esihlalweni sobukhosi sika-Israyeli.”