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|2 Reyes 10:1|
Now there were in Samaria seventy sons of the house of Ahab. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria: to the officials of Jezreel, [Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate of the city] to the elders and to the guardians of Ahab’s children. He said,
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2
|2 Reyes 10:2|
“As soon as this letter reaches you, since your master’s sons are with you and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city and weapons,
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3
|2 Reyes 10:3|
choose the best and most worthy of your master’s sons and set him on his father’s throne. Then fight for your master’s house.”
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4
|2 Reyes 10:4|
But they were terrified and said, “If two kings could not resist him, how can we?”
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5
|2 Reyes 10:5|
So the palace administrator, the city governor, the elders and the guardians sent this message to Jehu: “We are your servants and we will do anything you say. We will not appoint anyone as king; you do whatever you think best.”
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|2 Reyes 10:6|
Then Jehu wrote them a second letter, saying, “If you are on my side and will obey me, take the heads of your master’s sons and come to me in Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the royal princes, seventy of them, were with the leading men of the city, who were bringing them up.
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7
|2 Reyes 10:7|
When the letter arrived, these men took the princes and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu in Jezreel.
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8
|2 Reyes 10:8|
When the messenger arrived, he told Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the princes.” Then Jehu ordered, “Put them in two piles at the entrance of the city gate until morning.”
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9
|2 Reyes 10:9|
The next morning Jehu went out. He stood before all the people and said, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him, but who killed all these?
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10
|2 Reyes 10:10|
Know then, that not a word the LORD has spoken against the house of Ahab will fail. The LORD has done what he promised through his servant Elijah.”
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