Ahab’s Seventy Sons Killed

10 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote and sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of [a]Jezreel, to the elders, and to [b]those who reared Ahab’s sons, saying:

Now as soon as this letter comes to you, since your master’s sons are with you, and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and weapons, choose the [c]best qualified of your master’s sons, set him on his father’s throne, and fight for your master’s house.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 10:1 So with MT, Syr., Tg.; LXX Samaria; Vg. city
  2. 2 Kings 10:1 the guardians of
  3. 2 Kings 10:3 most upright

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