2 Kings 10:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ He said, “Take them alive.” They took them alive and slaughtered them at the pit of Beth-eked, forty-two in all; he spared none of them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ He said, Take them alive. And they did so and slew them at the cistern of the shearing house, forty-two men; he left none of them.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing-house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Jehu then commanded, “Take them alive!” His soldiers took them alive, then slaughtered them at the well of Beth-eked. There were forty-two of them, but not one was left.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ And he said, "Take them alive." And when they had taken them alive, they cut their throats at the cistern beside the cabin, forty-two men. And he did not leave any of them behind.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ 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 10:14 Cross References

1 Kings 20:18

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

2 Kings 10:12

Then he set out and went to Samaria. On the way, when he was at Beth-eked of the Shepherds,

2 Kings 10:13

Jehu met relatives of King Ahaziah of Judah and said, “Who are you?” They answered, “We are kin of Ahaziah; we have come down to visit the royal princes and the sons of the queen mother.”

2 Kings 10:15

When he left there, he met Jehonadab son of Rechab coming to meet him; he greeted him and said to him, “Is your heart as true to mine as mine is to yours?” Jehonadab answered, “It is.” Jehu said, “If it is, give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand. Jehu took him up with him into the chariot.

2 Kings 10:6

Then he wrote them a second letter, saying, “If you are on my side and if you are ready to obey me, take the heads of your master’s sons and come to me at Jezreel tomorrow at this time.” Now the king’s sons, seventy persons, were with the leaders of the city, who were charged with their upbringing.

2 Kings 11:1

Now when Athaliah, Ahaziah’s mother, saw that her son was dead, she set about to destroy all the royal family.

2 Kings 8:18

He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 22:10

Now when Athaliah, Ahaziah’s mother, saw that her son was dead, she set about to destroy all the royal family of the house of Judah.

2 Chronicles 22:8

When Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he met the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers, who attended Ahaziah, and he killed them.

Jeremiah 41:5

eighty men arrived from Shechem and Shiloh and Samaria with their beards shaved and their clothes torn and their bodies gashed, bringing grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord.