14 And he said, “Take them alive!” So they took them alive, and (A)killed them at the well of [a]Beth Eked, forty-two men; and he left none of them.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 10:14 Or The Shearing House

14 “Take them alive!” he ordered. So they took them alive and slaughtered them by the well of Beth Eked—forty-two of them. He left no survivor.(A)

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Athaliah Reigns in Judah(A)

10 (B)Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.

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Athaliah and Joash(A)

10 When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family of the house of Judah.

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And it happened, when Jehu was (A)executing judgment on the house of Ahab, and (B)found the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who served Ahaziah, that he killed them.

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While Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab,(A) he found the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives, who had been attending Ahaziah, and he killed them.

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Athaliah Reigns in Judah(A)

11 When (B)Athaliah (C)the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was (D)dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal heirs.

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Athaliah and Joash(A)

11 When Athaliah(B) the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family.

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10 Know now that nothing shall (A)fall to the earth of the word of the Lord which the Lord spoke concerning the house of Ahab; for the Lord has done what He spoke (B)by His servant Elijah.” 11 So Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men and his close acquaintances and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

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10 Know, then, that not a word the Lord has spoken against the house of Ahab will fail. The Lord has done what he announced(A) through his servant Elijah.”(B) 11 So Jehu(C) killed everyone in Jezreel who remained of the house of Ahab, as well as all his chief men, his close friends and his priests, leaving him no survivor.(D)

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Then he wrote a second letter to them, saying:

If you are for me and will obey my voice, take the heads of the men, your master’s sons, and come to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.

Now the king’s sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who were rearing them.

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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 rearing them.

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18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for (A)the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

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18 He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter(A) of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord.

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18 So he said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; and if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

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18 He said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; if they have come out for war, take them alive.”

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