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12 Jehu then left there and set out for Samaria.[a] While he was traveling through Beth Eked of the Shepherds, 13 Jehu encountered[b] the relatives[c] of King Ahaziah of Judah. He asked, “Who are you?” They replied, “We are Ahaziah’s relatives. We have come down to see how[d] the king’s sons and the queen mother’s sons are doing.” 14 He said, “Capture them alive!” So they captured them alive and then executed all forty-two of them by the cistern at Beth Eked. He left no survivors.

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  1. 2 Kings 10:12 tn Heb “and he arose and went and came to Samaria.”
  2. 2 Kings 10:13 tn Heb “found.”
  3. 2 Kings 10:13 tn Or “brothers.”
  4. 2 Kings 10:13 tn Heb “for the peace of.”