The judgement continued and all of Ahab's family was killed. Now this may seem unfair to us and I don't have a complete answer to this, but consider this. Our actions affect other people, in particular our own families. If we act well we bring blessing on them, if we act badly we bring suffering on them. If we have the freedom to bring good it follows that we must also have the freedom to bring bad. Even so the judgement seems harsh. However, we do not know what sins the family had committed. All in all seventy heads were amassed and Jehu had these placed at the city gates.
Everyone connected with Ahab was killed. Ahab was the embodiment of evil and was completely eliminated from the land. At the final judgement evil will be completely eliminated from the earth, and everyone associated with it. That is why it is so vital that we run to Jesus, only His blood can protect us.
Associates of Ahaziah fared no better.
Jehu executed the judgement, but then (v18) appeared to continue the baal worship. However, this was all part of a plot to have the prophets of baal killed. And so the temple of baal was destroyed.
Despite all this Jehu continued to worship the golden calves that Jeroboam had set up. Even so, Jehu received a reward from the Lord and was guaranteed to have a descendant on the throne for four generations. However, Jehu did not really love the Lord and the size of Israel decreased. Carrying out the acts of the Lord does not guarantee that we love the Lord.
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