2 Kings 10:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Jehu then wrote another letter which said, “If you are on my side and will obey me, then prove it. Bring me the heads of the descendants of Ahab! And be here in Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” The seventy descendants of King Ahab were living with some of the most important people of the city.

Cross References

2 Kings 10:5

The prime minister, the mayor of the city, as well as the other leaders and Ahab's supporters, sent this answer to Jehu, “We are your servants, Your Majesty, and we will do whatever you tell us. But it's not our place to choose someone to be king. You do what you think is best.”

2 Kings 10:7

And when these people read Jehu's second letter, they called together all seventy of Ahab's descendants. They killed them, put their heads in baskets, and sent them to Jezreel.

2 Kings 10:9

The next morning, Jehu went out and stood where everyone could hear him, and he said, “You people are not guilty of anything. I'm the one who plotted against Joram and had him killed. But who killed all these men?

2 Kings 9:32

He looked up towards the window and asked, “Is anyone up there on my side?” A few palace workers stuck their heads out of a window,

Job 21:19

You say, “God will punish those sinners' children in place of those sinners.” But I say, “Let him punish those sinners themselves until they really feel it.

Numbers 25:4

So he said to Moses, “Take the Israelite leaders who are responsible for this and have them killed in front of my sacred tent where everyone can see. Perhaps then I will stop being angry with the Israelites.”

Matthew 12:30

If you are not on my side, you are against me. If you don't gather in the harvest with me, you scatter it.

Luke 9:50

“Don't stop him!” Jesus said. “Anyone who isn't against you is for you.”

Deuteronomy 5:9

Don't bow down and worship idols. I am the LORD your God, and I demand all your love. If you reject me and worship idols, I will punish your families for three or four generations.