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    Jehu

    JEE-hoo

    Meaning

    He is the LORD; The LORD is He

    Hebrew origin · Boy · First in 1 Kings

    What it points to

    Jehu — 'He is the LORD' — teaches that zealous action without wholehearted devotion is incomplete obedience. Destroying one idol while keeping another is not true faithfulness.

    Verses · King James Version

    “The driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.”

    2 Kings 9:20

    “But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam.”

    2 Kings 10:31

    biblesundays.com · King James Version

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