But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold two kings could not stand before him, how shall we then stand?

And he that was governor of Ahab’s house, and he that ruled the city, and the Elders, and the bringers up of the children sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us: we will make no king: do what seemeth good to thee.

¶ Then he wrote another letter to them, saying, If ye be mine, and will obey my voice, [a]take the heads of the men that are your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by tomorrow this time. (Now the king’s sons, even seventy persons were with the great men of the city, which brought them up)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 10:6 God as a just judge punisheth the wicked children of wicked parents unto the third and fourth generation.

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