Sons and Heirs

4 I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave,^[a] though he is the owner of everything,

²³ But ^(A)the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while ^(B)the son of the free woman was born through promise.

²⁹ But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh ^(A)persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, ^(B)so also it is now.

² And Abraham said to his servant, ^(A)the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, ^(B)“Put your hand under my thigh, ³ that I may make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and God of the earth, that ^(C)you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell,

¹² Then he brought out the king's son and put ^(A)the crown on him and gave him ^(B)the testimony. And they proclaimed him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, ^(C)“Long live the king!”

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, ² “Now then, as soon as this letter comes to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, fortified cities also, and weapons,

² And Jehoash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days, because Jehoiada the priest instructed him.