Quotes about Command

“Lift it out,” he said, and the man reached out his hand and took it.

When you arrive, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in, get him away from his companions, and take him to an inner room.

Then take the flask of oil, pour it on his head, and declare, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run. Do not delay!”

He looked up at the window and called out, “Who is on my side? Who?” And two or three eunuchs looked down at him.

Then Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.”

Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”

When he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.

They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”

But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,

Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men.

Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,