2 Kings 10:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The officials and leaders read the letters and were very frightened. They said to each other, “Jehu has already killed King Joram and King Ahaziah! We have to do what he says.”

Cross References

2 Kings 10:3

choose the best person for the job and make him the next king. Then be prepared to defend Ahab's family.

2 Kings 9:24

Jehu shot an arrow. It hit Joram between his shoulders, then it went through his heart and came out of his chest. He fell over dead in his chariot.

2 Kings 9:27

Ahaziah saw all this happen and tried to escape to the town of Beth-Haggan, but Jehu caught up with him and shouted, “Kill him too!” So his troops shot Ahaziah with an arrow while he was on the road to Gur near Ibleam. He went as far as Megiddo, where he died.

Job 41:8

Wrestle with it just once— that will be the end.

Isaiah 27:4

I am no longer angry. But if it produces thorns, I will go to war against it and burn it to the ground.

Jeremiah 49:19

I will attack you like a lion from the forest, attacking sheep in a meadow along the Jordan. In a moment the flock runs, and the land is empty. Who will I choose to attack you? I will do it myself! No one can force me to fight or chase me away.

Nahum 1:6

Who can stand the heat of his furious anger? It flashes out like fire and shatters stones.

Luke 14:31

What will a king do if he has only ten thousand soldiers to defend himself against a king who is about to attack him with twenty thousand soldiers? Before he goes out to battle, won't he first sit down and decide if he can win?