2Kings:10:1-17
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2Kings:10:1 @
Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria .
And Jehu wrote letters ,
and sent to Samaria ,
unto the rulers of Jezreel ,
even the elders ,
and unto them that brought up the sons of Ahab ,
saying ,
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2Kings:10:2 @
And 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 fortified city also ,
and armor ;
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2Kings:10:3 @
look ye 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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2Kings:10:4 @
But they were exceedingly afraid ,
and said ,
Behold ,
the two kings stood not before him :
how then shall we stand ?
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2Kings:10:5 @
And he that was over the household ,
and he that was over the city ,
the elders also ,
and they that brought up the children ,
sent to Jehu ,
saying ,
We are thy servants ,
and will do all that thou shalt bid us ;
we will not make any man king :
do thou that which is good in thine eyes .
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2Kings:10:6 @
Then he wrote a letter the second time to them ,
saying ,
If ye be on my side ,
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 ,
who brought them up .
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2Kings:10:7 @
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 unto him to Jezreel .
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2Kings:10:8 @
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 entrance of the gate until the morning .
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2Kings:10:9 @
And it came to pass in the morning ,
that he went out ,
and stood ,
and said to all the people ,
Ye are righteous :
behold ,
I conspired against my master ,
and slew him ;
but who smote all these ?
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2Kings:10:10 @
Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of Jehovah ,
which Jehovah spake concerning the house of Ahab :
for Jehovah hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah .
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2Kings:10:11 @
So Jehu smote all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel ,
and all his great men ,
and his familiar friends ,
and his priests ,
until he left him none remaining .
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2Kings:10:12 @
And he arose and departed ,
and went to Samaria .
And as he was at the shearing-house of the shepherds in the way ,
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2Kings:10:13 @
Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah ,
and said ,
Who are ye ?
And they answered ,
We are the brethren of Ahaziah :
and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen .
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2Kings:10:14 @
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 left he any of them .
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2Kings:10:15 @
And when he was departed thence ,
he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him ;
and he saluted him ,
and said to him ,
Is thy heart right ,
as my heart is with thy heart ?
And Jehonadab answered ,
It is .
If it be ,
give me thy hand .
And he gave him his hand ;
and he took him up to him into the chariot .
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2Kings:10:16 @
And he said ,
Come with me ,
and see my zeal for Jehovah .
So they made him ride in his chariot .
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2Kings:10:17 @
And when he came to Samaria ,
he smote all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria ,
till he had destroyed him ,
according to the word of Jehovah ,
which he spake to Elijah .
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