2Kings:10:1-11
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And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria .
And Jehu wrote letters ,
and sent to Samaria ,
unto the rulers of Jezreel ,
to the elders ,
and to them that brought up Ahab '
s children ,
saying ,
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Now as soon as this letter cometh to you ,
seeing your master '
s sons are with you ,
and there are with you chariots and horses ,
a fenced city also ,
and armour ;
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Look even out the best and meetest of your master '
s sons ,
and set him on his father '
s throne ,
and fight for your master '
s house .
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But they were exceedingly afraid ,
and said ,
Behold ,
two kings stood not before him :
how then shall we stand ?
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And he that was over the house ,
and he that was over the city ,
the elders also ,
and the bringers up of the children ,
sent to Jehu ,
saying ,
We are thy servants ,
and will do all that thou shalt bid us ;
we will not make any king :
do thou that which is good in thine eyes .
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Then he wrote a letter the second time to them ,
saying ,
If ye be mine ,
and if ye will hearken unto my voice ,
take ye the heads of the men your master '
s sons ,
and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time .
Now the king '
s sons ,
being seventy persons ,
were with the great men of the city ,
which brought them up .
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And it came to pass ,
when the letter came to them ,
that they took the king '
s sons ,
and slew seventy persons ,
and put their heads in baskets ,
and sent him them to Jezreel .
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And there came a messenger ,
and told him ,
saying ,
They have brought the heads of the king '
s sons .
And he said ,
Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning .
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And it came to pass in the morning ,
that he went out ,
and stood ,
and said to all the people ,
Ye be righteous :
behold ,
I conspired against my master ,
and slew him :
but who slew all these ?
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Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD ,
which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab :
for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah .
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So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel ,
and all his great men ,
and his kinsfolks ,
and his priests ,
until he left him none remaining .