ATTENTION! 2 KINGS 10 IS ALL ABOUT ELIJAH'S PROPHECY THAT KING AHAB'S ENTIRE FAMILY WOULD BE WIPED OUT! THE CHAPTER BEGINS WITH KING AHAB'S SON JEHORAM SETTING OUT TO FIGHT THE KING OF RAMOTH-GILEAD. IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY, IT'S BECAUSE OF AHAB'S BROTHER JEHU WHO HAD KILLED AHAB'S OTHER SON, AHAZIAH. JEHU THEN DECLARED HIMSELF KING OF ISRAEL. WHEN JEHORAM LEFT FOR BATTLE, HE SENT ONE OF HIS OFFICERS TO TELL JEHU THAT HE WAS COMING. ONCE JEHORAM ARRIVED, JEHU ORDERED THE MEN OF ISRAEL TO KILL JEHORAM AND ALL OF AHAB'S SONS. SO, THE MEN OF ISRAEL DID AS THEY WERE TOLD. THEY KILLED ALL OF AHAB'S SONS AND THEN BURIED THEM. AFTER THAT, JEHU WENT ON TO CARRY OUT ELIJAH'S PROPHECY BY KILLING ALL OF AHAB'S FAMILY MEMBERS. THE CHAPTER ENDS WITH JEHU TAKING CONTROL OF ISRAEL AND RULING IT FOR 28 YEARS. THAT'S 2 KINGS 10 IN A NUTSHELL!