2 Kings 10:12-27
Continuing his mission of vengeance, Jehu meets a band of joyful young men who are going on their way completely carefree. They are the forty-two brothers (or cousins) of Ahaziah. Without any suspicion of what has just happened, they have come to pay a visit to the illustrious young people of the other royal family . . . precisely those whose seventy heads were, at this same moment, being piled up in two heaps at the gate of Jezreel! So be it then, they will meet them in death! Let us think of the great numbers of young men and women whose only idea is to enjoy life, forgetting that death can surprise them suddenly without their being prepared for it (Ecclesiastes 11:9). Yes, how many of them have met with sudden death, for example in a road accident, while they were going after their pleasure.
Another very interesting encounter is that of Jehonadab, son of Rechab. He is a faithful man. Jeremiah 35 relates the history of his family. Jehu boasts to him of his zeal, and invites him to be present at the massacre of the priests of Baal. But the ruse he employs to accomplish this is in no way comparable with the scene at Carmel, which had resulted in the hearts of the people of Israel being turned back to the LORD (1 Kings 18).