So he said, ‘If they have marched out in peace, take them alive, and if they have marched out for battle, take them alive.’
2 Kings 10:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then Jehu ordered, ‘Take them alive.’ So they took them alive and then slaughtered them at the pit of Beth-eked #– #forty-two men. He didn’t spare any of them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He said, Take them alive. And they did so and slew them at the cistern of the shearing house, forty-two men; he left none of them. American Standard Version (1901) And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing-house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them. Common English Bible Jehu then commanded, “Take them alive!” His soldiers took them alive, then slaughtered them at the well of Beth-eked. There were forty-two of them, but not one was left. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said, "Take them alive." And when they had taken them alive, they cut their throats at the cistern beside the cabin, forty-two men. And he did not leave any of them behind. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said: Take them alive. And they took them alive, and killed them at the pit by the cabin, two and forty men: and he left not any of them. |
So he said, ‘If they have marched out in peace, take them alive, and if they have marched out for battle, take them alive.’
Then he set out and went to Samaria. On the way, while he was at Beth-eked of the Shepherds,
Jehu met the relatives of King Ahaziah of Judah and asked, ‘Who are you? ’ They answered, ‘We’re Ahaziah’s relatives. We’ve come down to greet the king’s sons and the queen mother’s sons.’
When he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab coming to meet him. He greeted him and then asked, ‘Is your heart one with mine? ’ ‘It is,’ Jehonadab replied. Jehu said, ‘If it is, give me your hand.’ So he gave him his hand, and Jehu pulled him up into the chariot with him.
Then Jehu wrote them a second letter, saying: If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, bring me the heads of your master’s sons at this time tomorrow at Jezreel. All seventy of the king’s sons were being cared for by the city’s prominent men.
When Athaliah, Ahaziah’s mother, saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.
He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for Ahab’s daughter was his wife. He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.
When Athaliah, Ahaziah’s mother, saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs of the house of Judah.
So when Jehu executed judgement on the house of Ahab, he found the rulers of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving Ahaziah, and he killed them.
eighty men came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria who had shaved their beards, torn their clothes, and gashed themselves, and who were carrying grain and incense offerings to bring to the temple of the Lord.