2 Kings 10:14

New Century Version

Then Jehu said, “Take them alive!” So they captured Ahaziah’s relatives alive and killed them at the well near Beth Eked—forty-two of them. Jehu did not leave anyone alive.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:18

Ben-Hadad said, “They may be coming to fight, or they may be coming to ask for peace. In either case capture them alive.”

2 Kings 10:12

Then Jehu left and went to Samaria by way of the road to Beth Eked of the Shepherds.

2 Kings 10:13

There Jehu met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah. Jehu asked, “Who are you?” They answered, “We are relatives of Ahaziah. We have come down to get revenge for the families of the king and the king’s mother.”

2 Kings 10:15

After Jehu left there, he met Jehonadab son of Recab, who was also on his way to meet Jehu. Jehu greeted him and said, “Are you as good a friend to me as I am to you?” Jehonadab answered, “Yes, I am.” Jehu said, “If you are, then give me your hand.” So Jehonadab gave him his hand, and Jehu pulled him into the chariot.

2 Kings 10:6

Then Jehu wrote a second letter, saying, “If you are on my side and will obey me, cut off the heads of your master’s sons and come to me at Jezreel tomorrow about this time.” Now the seventy sons of the king’s family were with the leading men of the city who were their guardians.

2 Kings 11:1

When Ahaziah’s mother, Athaliah, saw that her son was dead, she killed all the royal family.

2 Kings 8:18

He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the family of Ahab had done, because he married Ahab’s daughter. Jehoram did what the Lord said was wrong.

2 Chronicles 22:10

When Ahaziah’s mother, Athaliah, saw that her son was dead, she killed all the royal family in Judah.

2 Chronicles 22:8

While Jehu was punishing Ahab’s family, he found the leaders of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives who served Ahaziah, and Jehu killed them all.

Jeremiah 41:5

eighty men came to Mizpah bringing grain offerings and incense to the Temple of the Lord. Those men from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves.