The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, will be holy to YHWH. It will not be plucked up or thrown down any more forever.”
But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. The bloodthirsty and deceitful will not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.
Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their big toes cut off, scavenged under my table. As I have done, so God has done to me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds who were set over the army, and said to them, “Y’all bring her outside the temple between the ranks, and whoever follows her, put to death with a sword.” For the priest said, “Y’all must not kill her in the house of YHWH.”
“‘Y’all must not pollute the land where y’all live, for blood pollutes the land. No atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of the person who shed it.
Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal, y’all! Don’t let one of them escape!” They seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon and slaughtered them there.