Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned; he is dead.”
2 Kings 10:8 - English Standard Version 2016 When the messenger came and told him, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons,” he said, “Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When a messenger came and told him, They have brought the heads of the king's sons, he said, Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the city gate until morning. American Standard Version (1901) And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king’s sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until the morning. Common English Bible A messenger came and told Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the king’s sons.” He responded, “Pile them in two stacks at the entrance of the gate where they will stay until morning.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then a messenger arrived and reported to him, saying, "They have brought the heads of the king's sons." And he responded, "Place them in two piles, beside the entrance of the gate, until morning." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And a messenger came, and told him, saying: They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said: Lay ye them in two heaps by the entering-in of the gate until the morning. |
Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, “Naboth has been stoned; he is dead.”
And as soon as the letter came to them, they took the king’s sons and slaughtered them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets and sent them to him at Jezreel.
Then in the morning, when he went out, he stood and 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?
and brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.
his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall bury him the same day, for a hanged man is cursed by God. You shall not defile your land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.