So the overseer of the palace, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: ‘We are your servants, and we will do whatever you tell us. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever you think is right.’ ,
2 Kings 10:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then [Jehu] wrote a second letter to them, saying, If you are with me and will obey me, take the heads of your master [Joram's] sons and come to me at Jezreel by tomorrow this time. Now the [dead] king's sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who were bringing them up. American Standard Version (1901) Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be on my side, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master’s sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to-morrow this time. Now the king’s sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who brought them up. Common English Bible Jehu wrote them a second letter: “If you are loyal to me and ready to obey me, take the heads of your master’s sons and bring them to me at Jezreel at this time tomorrow.” Now the king’s seventy sons were with the city leaders who were raising them. Catholic Public Domain Version Then he again wrote letters to them a second time, saying: "If you are mine, and if you obey me, take the heads of the sons of your lord, and come to me at Jezreel at this same hour tomorrow." Now the sons of the king, being seventy men, were being raised with the nobles of the city. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he wrote letters the second time to them, saying: If you be mine, and will obey me, take the heads of the sons of your master, and come to me to Jezrahel by to-morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy men, were brought up with the chief men of the city. |
So the overseer of the palace, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: ‘We are your servants, and we will do whatever you tell us. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever you think is right.’ ,
When the letter came to them, they took the king’s sons and slaughtered all seventy, put their heads in baskets, and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.
The next morning when he went out and stood at the gate, he said to all the people, ‘You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him. But who struck down all these?
He looked up towards the window and said, ‘Who is on my side? Who? ’ Two or three eunuchs looked down at him,
God reserves a person’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the person himself, so that he may know it.
The Lord said to Moses, ‘Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the Lord so that his burning anger may turn away from Israel.’
Anyone who is not with me is against me, and anyone who does not gather with me scatters.
‘Don’t stop him,’ Jesus told him, ‘because whoever is not against you is for you.’ ,
Do not bow in worship to them, and do not serve them, because I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me,