2 Kings 10:6 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

1 So Jehu slew all that were left of the house of Achab in Jezrahel, and all his chief men, and his friends, and his priests, till there were no remains left of him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then [Jehu] wrote a second letter to them, saying, If you are with me and will obey me, take the heads of your master [Joram's] sons and come to me at Jezreel by tomorrow this time. Now the [dead] king's sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who were bringing them up.

American Standard Version (1901)

Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be on my side, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to-morrow this time. Now the king’s sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who brought them up.

Common English Bible

Jehu wrote them a second letter: “If you are loyal to me and ready to obey me, take the heads of your master’s sons and bring them to me at Jezreel at this time tomorrow.” Now the king’s seventy sons were with the city leaders who were raising them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then he again wrote letters to them a second time, saying: "If you are mine, and if you obey me, take the heads of the sons of your lord, and come to me at Jezreel at this same hour tomorrow." Now the sons of the king, being seventy men, were being raised with the nobles of the city.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he wrote letters the second time to them, saying: If you be mine, and will obey me, take the heads of the sons of your master, and come to me to Jezrahel by to-morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy men, were brought up with the chief men of the city.

2 Kings 10:6 Cross References

2 Kings 10:5

0 See therefore now that there hath not fallen to the ground any of the words of the Lord, which the Lord spoke concerning the house of Achab, and the Lord hath done that which he spoke in the hand of his servant Elias.

2 Kings 10:7

2 And he arose, and went to Samaria: and when he was come to the shepherds' cabin in the way,

2 Kings 10:9

4 And he said: Take them alive. And they took them alive, and killed them at the pit by the cabin, two and forty men, and he left not any of them.

2 Kings 9:32

7 And the flesh of Jezabel shall be as dung upon the face of the earth in the field of Jezrahel, so that they who pass by shall say: Is this that same Jezabel?

Job 21:19

4 His bowels are full of fat, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

Numbers 25:4

And there were slain four and twenty thousand men.

Matthew 12:30

8 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying: Master we would see a sign from thee.

Luke 9:50

8 Jesus said to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

Deuteronomy 5:9

4 The seventh is the day of the sabbath, that is, the rest of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not do any work therein, thou nor thy son nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant nor thy maidservant, nor thy ox, nor thy ass, nor any of thy beasts, nor the stranger that is within thy gates: that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest, even as thyself.