18. Jehu called the people of Samaria together and said, “King Ahab served the god Baal a little, but I will serve him much more.
19. Call together all the prophets of Baal, all his worshippers, and all his priests. No one is excused; I am going to offer a great sacrifice to Baal, and whoever is not present will be put to death.” (This was a trick on the part of Jehu by which he meant to kill all the worshippers of Baal.)
20. Then Jehu ordered, “Proclaim a day of worship in honour of Baal!” The proclamation was made,
21. and Jehu sent word throughout all the land of Israel. All who worshipped Baal came; not one of them failed to come. They all went into the temple of Baal, filling it from one end to the other.