2Kings:10:1-17

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* Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria . And Jehu wrote letters to the rulers of Samaria , to the elders of Jezreel , and to the tutors [appointed by ] Ahab , saying , * And now as soon as this letter comes to you (note :){+}(:note ), seeing your {+} master 's sons are with you {+}, and there are with you {+} chariots and horses , and a fortified city , and armor ; * look (note :){+}(:note ) for the best and meet of your {+} master 's sons , and set him on his father 's throne , and fight for your {+} master 's house . * But they were exceedingly afraid , and said , Look , the two kings didn 't stand before him : how then shall we stand ? * And he who was over the household , and he who was over the city , the elders also , and those who brought up [the children ], sent to Jehu , saying , We are your slaves , and will do all that you will bid us ; we will not make any man king : do that which is good in your eyes . * Then he wrote a letter the second time to them , saying , If you (note :){+}(:note ) are on my side , and if you {+} will listen to my voice , take {+} the heads of the men your {+} master 's sons , and come to me to Jezreel by tomorrow this time . Now the king 's sons , being seventy persons , were with the great men of the city , who brought them up . * And it came to pass , when the letter came to them , that they took the king 's sons , and slew them , even seventy persons , and put their heads in baskets , and sent them to him to Jezreel . * And there came a messenger , and told him , saying , They have brought the heads of the king 's sons . And he said , Lay (note :){+}(:note ) them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning . * And it came to pass in the morning , that he went out , and stood , and said to all the people , You (note :){+}(:note ) are righteous : look , I conspired against my master , and slew him ; but who struck all these ? * Now know that nothing will fall to the earth of the word of Yahweh , which Yahweh spoke concerning the house of Ahab : for Yahweh has done that which he spoke by his slave Elijah . * So Jehu struck all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel , and all his great men , and those who he knew well , and his priests , until he left him none remaining . * And he arose and departed , and went to Samaria . And as he was at the shearing-house of the shepherds in the way , * Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah , and said , Who are you (note :){+}(:note )? And they answered , We are the brothers of Ahaziah : and we go down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the queen . * And he said , Take them alive . And they took them alive , and slew them at the pit of the shearing-house , even two and forty men ; neither did he leave any of them . * And when he had departed from there , he found Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him ; and he greeted him , and said to him , Is your heart right , as my heart is with your heart ? And Jehonadab answered , It is . If it is , give me your hand . And he gave him his hand ; and he took him up to him into the chariot . * And he said , Come with me , and see my zeal for Yahweh . So they made him ride in his chariot . * And when he came to Samaria , he struck all who remained to Ahab in Samaria , until he had destroyed him , according to the word of Yahweh , which he spoke to Elijah .

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