2 Kings 10:7

New American Bible - revised edition

When the letter arrived, they took the princes and slew all seventy of them, put their heads in baskets, and sent them to Jehu in Jezreel.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:19

Tell him: “Thus says the Lord: After murdering, do you also take possession?” And tell him, “Thus says the Lord: In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, the dogs shall lick up your blood, too.”

1 Kings 21:21

I am bringing evil upon you: I will consume you and will cut off every male belonging to Ahab, whether bond or free, in Israel.

2 Kings 10:6

So Jehu wrote them a second letter: “If you are on my side and will obey me, bring along the heads of your master’s sons and come to me in Jezreel at this time tomorrow.” (The seventy princes were in the care of prominent men of the city, who were rearing them.)

2 Kings 10:8

A messenger came in and told him, “They have brought the heads of the princes.” He said, “Pile them in two heaps at the gate of the city until morning.”

2 Kings 10:9

In the morning he came outside, stood there, and said to all the people: “You are guiltless, for it was I who conspired against my lord and slew him. But who killed all these?

2 Kings 11:1

When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she began to kill off the whole royal family.

2 Chronicles 21:4

When Jehoram had acceded to his father’s kingdom and was firmly in power, he killed all his brothers with the sword, and also some of the princes of Israel.