2 Kings 10:1
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Jehu Slaughters Ahab's Descendants
10 Now Ahab had seventy sons in (A)Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of the city,[a] to the elders, and to (B)the guardians of the sons[b] of Ahab, saying,
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- 2 Kings 10:1 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew rulers of Jezreel
- 2 Kings 10:1 Hebrew lacks of the sons
1 Kings 16:28
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28 And Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigned in his place.
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1 Kings 13:32
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32 (A)For the saying that he called out by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel and against (B)all the houses of the high places that are in the cities of (C)Samaria shall surely come to pass.”
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Judges 8:30
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30 Now Gideon had (A)seventy sons, his own offspring,[a] for he had many wives.
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- Judges 8:30 Hebrew who came from his own loins
2 Chronicles 22:9
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9 (A)He searched for Ahaziah, and he was captured while hiding in Samaria, and he was brought to Jehu and put to death. (B)They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, (C)who sought the Lord with all his heart.” And the house of Ahaziah had no one able to rule the kingdom.
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2 Kings 5:3
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3 She said to her mistress, “Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.”
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1 Kings 21:8-14
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8 (A)So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal, and she sent the letters to (B)the elders and the leaders who lived with Naboth in his city. 9 And she wrote in the letters, “Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people. 10 And set two (C)worthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, (D)‘You have cursed[a] God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.” 11 And the men of his city, (E)the elders and the leaders who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them. As it was written in the letters that she had sent to them, 12 (F)they proclaimed a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people. 13 And the two worthless men came in and sat opposite him. And the worthless men brought a charge against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones. 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned; he is dead.”
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- 1 Kings 21:10 Hebrew blessed; also verse 13
1 Kings 16:24
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24 He bought the hill of (A)Samaria from Shemer for two talents[a] of silver, and he fortified the hill and called the name of the city that he built (B)Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill.
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- 1 Kings 16:24 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
Judges 12:14
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14 He had forty (A)sons and thirty grandsons, who (B)rode on seventy donkeys, and he judged Israel eight years.
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Judges 10:4
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4 And he had thirty sons who (A)rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities, called Havvoth-jair to this day, (B)which are in the land of Gilead.
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Deuteronomy 16:18
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Justice
18 “You shall appoint (A)judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
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