Ahab’s Family Killed

10 Now there were in Samaria^(A) seventy sons^(B) of the house of Ahab. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria: to the officials of Jezreel,^[a](C) to the elders and to the guardians^(D) of Ahab’s children. He said,

³ “I am a Jew,^(A) born in Tarsus^(B) of Cilicia,^(C) but brought up in this city. I studied under^(D) Gamaliel^(E) and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors.^(F) I was just as zealous^(G) for God as any of you are today.

²⁴ So the law was our guardian until Christ came^(A) that we might be justified by faith.^(B)

4 What I am saying is that as long as an heir is underage, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate.

² The heir is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father.