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14 Jehu ordered, “Take them alive!” So Jehu’s soldiers captured them and executed all 42 of them near the pit at the shearing house.[a] He left none of them alive.

15 After he left there, he encountered Rechab’s son Jehonadab. After he greeted him, Jehu[b] asked him, “Is your heart right, as my heart is with yours?”

“It is,” Jehonadab answered.

“If it is,” Jehu replied,[c] “Put out your hand.” So Jehonadab stuck out his hand, and Jehu took him up to stand in his chariot. 16 He told him, “Come with me and see my enthusiasm for the Lord!” So Jehu[d] had Jehonadab[e] ride in his chariot.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 10:14 Or Beth-eked; Lit. the house of binding; i.e. binding sheep to shear them
  2. 2 Kings 10:15 Lit. he
  3. 2 Kings 10:15 The Heb. lacks Jehu replied
  4. 2 Kings 10:16 Lit. he
  5. 2 Kings 10:16 Lit. him