2 Kings 10:5

Modern English Version

So he who was over the house, and he who was over the city, the elders, and the guardians sent word to Jehu, saying, “We are your servants, and everything you say to us we will do. We will not appoint a man king. Do what is good in your eyes.”

Cross References

1 Kings 20:32

So they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes on their heads and came to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’ ” And he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother!”

1 Kings 20:4

The king of Israel answered, “My lord, O king, just as you have said, I and all that I own are yours.”

2 Kings 10:6

Then he wrote a second letter to them, saying, “If you belong to me and will obey me, take the heads of your master’s sons and come to me at Jezreel at this time tomorrow.” Now the king’s sons, seventy men, were with the great men of the city who brought them up.

2 Kings 18:14

Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; turn away from me. I will bear whatever you put on me.” So the king of Assyria required of Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

Jeremiah 27:17

Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why should this city be laid waste?

Numbers 11:12

Have I conceived all this people? Have I given them birth, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse bears the nursing child,’ to the land which You swore to their fathers?

John 12:26

If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me. Where I am, there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

Joshua 9:11

So our elders and all the inhabitants of our country said to us, ‘Take food provisions for the journey and go to meet them. Say to them, “We are your slaves. So now, make a pact with us.” ’

Joshua 9:8

Yet they said to Joshua, “We are your slaves.” Joshua said to them, “Who are you, and where do you come from?”